Bird Wheel: Spin a Random Bird

Bird wheel with 16 birds, from robin to penguin. Spin a random bird to research, to draw or to look for on your next walk.

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On this wheel

Robin
Blue Jay
Cardinal
Sparrow
Owl
Bald Eagle
Hummingbird
Woodpecker
Parrot
Flamingo
Penguin
Peacock

Why use a bird wheel

Sixteen birds are on the wheel, garden visitors, birds of prey and a few that never fly. Spin one and find out where it lives, what it eats and how it sounds.

Find three facts about a bird
Students spin a bird and look up where it lives, what it eats and how big it grows.
Draw the bird the wheel picks
Kids spin and draw that bird, feathers, beak and all.
Look for a bird on a walk
Spin before a walk in the park and see who spots that bird, or one that looks like it, first.

This wheel wears the Round the Campfire theme: a starry campsite: pine trees, a log rim and a compass hub. Your own copy keeps it, or pick another wheel theme.

How to use the bird wheel

Click the wheel to spin it.
Wait for it to slow down and stop on a random entry. The winner pops up on screen.
Click “Hide & Respin” to take the winner out and spin again, so nothing is picked twice.
Click “Create your own bird picker” to save your own copy, change the entries, and share or embed it.

All 16 entries on the bird wheel

Robin
Blue Jay
Cardinal
Sparrow
Owl
Bald Eagle
Hummingbird
Woodpecker
Parrot
Flamingo
Penguin
Peacock
Toucan
Swan
Pelican
Ostrich

Frequently Asked Questions

Which birds on the wheel can’t fly?

The penguin and the ostrich. Penguins use their wings to swim, and ostriches run instead, faster than any other bird.

Is the wheel really random?

Yes. Every entry has a slice of the same size, and where the wheel stops is picked with your browser’s cryptographically secure random number generator (crypto.getRandomValues), so nobody can predict or rig the result.

Can I change the entries on this wheel?

Yes. Click “Create your own bird picker” to save your own copy. You can then add, remove or rename entries, change the theme and spin settings, and share or embed your wheel.