An Unwelcome Guest

Listen to the podcast.

Identify the Unwelcome Guest:

the birds
Winter
Spring

Listen to the podcast again and complete the sentences.

We are tired of ................

winter
Mondays
summer

Spring flowers have started.....................

dying
wilting
blooming

Robins are looking for .......................

nuts and seeds
insects and worms
sticks and stones

Every year some of the young birds fall out of ..................

the sky
the car
the nest

We bought some gourds from the ...........

Northern Dipper
Souther Dipper
Northern Skipper

We hung the new birdhouses up in the ...................

leaves
trees
window

Match the words with the definitions below.

1 unwelcome - unwanted, undesirable
2 worn off - faded away
3 bewildered - confused, puzzled
4 cold snap - a short period of cold weather
5 porch - a covered entrance to a doorway
6 frantic - in a panic and extremely upset
7 crafts - things people make with their hands
8 a kettle - a large rounded pot
9 soil - earth
10 a dwelling - a place to live in


Using the information in the podcast, write the
missing half of the following conversation.
* This is a sample of what the conversation
could be. Responses may vary a little.

1 What are those?
They're bird houses.

2 What are they made of?
They're made out of gourds.

3 Where did you get them from?
I got them from a company called the
Northern Dipper.

4 Where is it? I've never heard of it before.
It's in Cookstown. They grow many
different varieties.

5 Don't you have a birdhouse on your porch?
Oh, I took the old one down.

6 Why?
The birds kept falling out and the cats were
getting them. The blackbirds were bothering
them too.

7 Oh. Do you think they'll use these new ones?
I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see.