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NCERT Solutions for Class 4th The World Around Us Chapter 3 Bird Diary and Animals of the Water — Activity 4

Book page 47–48 Updated on2026-09-19

Q1.
Bird Diary. (a) Go near a tree. (b) Close your eyes and listen to the sounds of different birds. (c) Now open your eyes and focus on one bird at a time. (d) Observe how it moves, what it eats, and where it sits. (e) Write your observations in a Bird Diary! For each bird, note the following:
My Bird Diary 
Name 
Date 
Head colour 
Back colour 
Wing colours 
Beak shape 
Throat colour 
Colour of legs 
Interesting Facts 
The Bird Diary card printed on page 47, with a picture of a bird on the left and the blanks on the right.
Answer

This is your own diary, so the writing must be your own. Do it like this.

  1. Go to the same tree at the same time every day — early morning is best.
  2. Stand still and close your eyes for one minute. Count how many different calls you hear.
  3. Open your eyes and choose one bird. Watch only that bird.
  4. Fill the ‘Appearance’ boxes from top to bottom while you are still looking at it.
  5. Write one or two interesting facts — what it ate, how it moved, where it sat.

Sample answer — a diary page for a house crow, the bird drawn in the book’s card.

My Bird DiaryWhat I saw
NameHouse crow
Date12 July
Head colourBlack on top
Back colourGrey
Wing coloursShiny black
Beak shapeThick, strong and slightly curved
Throat colourGrey
Colour of legsBlack
Interesting factsIt hopped on the ground, picked up a piece of roti and flew to a wall. It called kaa-kaa loudly when a cat came near.
Why we note the beak shape: The beak tells us what the bird eats. A thick strong beak like the crow’s can pick up almost anything, so the crow eats grain, fruit and leftover food.
Tip: Never go close to a nest and never touch a chick. Watch from a distance, and the birds will keep coming back.
Q2.
List the animals which live in and around water bodies. Fill in the table given below.
Name of the animalMovements
FishSwims
CrabWalks
FrogJumps
Turtle 
Crocodile 
Snakes 
  
  
  
The table as it is printed in the book, with three rows already filled.
Answer

Fill the blank rows like this.

Name of the animalMovements
FishSwims
CrabWalks
FrogJumps
TurtleSwims in water with its webbed feet, and walks slowly on land
CrocodileSwims in water and crawls on land
SnakesCrawls; a water snake glides through the water
DuckSwims, and also walks and flies
EgretWalks in shallow water on long legs, and flies
GharialSwims, using its long tail
Why they move in these ways: The way an animal moves depends on its body. A fish has fins, so it swims. A turtle has webbed feet that push the water, so it swims easily but walks slowly on land. A frog has long back legs, so it jumps.

Special features the book tells us about:

  • Fish have fins to swim.
  • The gharial, a type of crocodile, has a long, narrow and pointed snout to catch fish.
  • Turtles have strong shells to keep them safe and webbed feet to swim easily.
  • Frogs can live both on land and in water.
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