Birds Picker
Watch the nest
Fill the nest
Tap birds to add or remove their eggs from the nest (up to 12).
High up in the nest, a bird is waiting to hatch. Each bird on your shortlist is curled up in a speckled egg on the branch. Press Hatch One, follow the glow as it flits along the nest, and see which shell cracks first — whatever flutters out is your bird. Choose the eggs, add species of your own, and let the branch decide.
- Young birdwatchers
- Teachers & classrooms
- Family game night
Hatch a surprise egg to pick a random bird
More than ten thousand kinds of bird share the planet, so “name a bird” can stall a whole class. The Birds Picker shrinks the choice to the birds you care about and lets a speckled surprise egg give the answer. Press Hatch One and a soft glow flies along the branch from egg to egg, perches on one, and the shell splits. The bird that flutters out is your pick — and it was drawn at random before the glow took off, so the wait is all suspense and no trickery.
Build your flock
Only the birds you choose get an egg. Tap species in the chooser to add or remove them, and type in anything the list is missing — a bird from your garden feeder, one you spotted on holiday, or the parrot next door that won’t stop talking. Two eggs is the smallest nest and twelve is the biggest, so a quick either-or works as well as a full birdwatching round.
Tap the birds you want in the nest.
Press Hatch One and follow the glow along the branch.
The shell pops off and your bird flutters out.
Meet the flock
Hatched a bird nobody recognises? Here is where each one lives and why it’s famous:
| Bird | Where it lives | Claim to fame |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle | Mountains & open country | Eyesight up to eight times sharper than a human's |
| Flamingo | Salt lakes & lagoons | Turns pink from the shrimp and algae it eats |
| Owl | Woodlands worldwide | Flies in near silence and can swivel its head ~270° |
| Peacock | Forests of South Asia | Fans a tail of shimmering "eye" feathers to show off |
| Penguin | The southern seas | A bird that "flies" underwater instead of in the air |
| Toucan | Rainforests of the Americas | A huge beak that's mostly hollow, so it's very light |
| Hummingbird | The Americas | The only bird that can hover and fly backwards |
| Kookaburra | Australia | Its call sounds exactly like human laughter |
Turn a hatch into a birdwatching game
Once a bird is out of its shell, get everyone looking closely. Birdwatchers learn to tell species apart with a few simple clues, and each one makes a good question for a young spotter:
- Beak shape. A hooked beak (eagle, owl) tears meat; a long thin one (hummingbird) sips nectar; a big curved one (toucan, parrot) cracks fruit and seeds.
- Feet. Sharp talons grip prey, webbed feet paddle (penguin, swan, puffin), and perching feet wrap around twigs (robin).
- Colour. Bright feathers often mean showing off or hiding among flowers and fruit; brown and grey mean blending into bark and grass.
- Song. Many birds are heard long before they are seen — the kookaburra’s “laugh” carries a long way through the Australian bush.
When to hatch an egg
- Nature study. Assign each child a bird to research or draw — the nest hands them out with no squabbling.
- Garden birdwatching. Hatch an egg, then head outside and see if you can spot that bird (or one like it).
- Guess the call. Hatch a bird and play its song — can everyone name it before the reveal?
- Story & craft prompts. One hatch equals one bird to write about, colour, or fold from paper.
- Museum & zoo trips. Let the nest choose which aviary or exhibit to visit first.
No egg is a lucky egg
Every bird in the nest has the same chance, whatever egg it sits in. The winner is drawn by your browser’s crypto random generator before the glow moves, and between hatches the eggs are dealt into new spots, so a bird in the middle of the branch comes up no more often than one at the end. The rocking and cracking are only there to make the wait fun, and the shield under the nest shows the receipt for each draw.
More animal pickers
Once your bird has flown the nest, keep exploring:
- Prehistoric wings? Hatch a Dinosaur Picker egg — birds' ancient cousins.
- All the animals? Spin the Animal Picker Wheel.
- Under the waves instead? Dive into the Ocean Animals Picker.
- Want more? Browse all random pickers.