Raptors & Your Environment

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What’s This?

Are They Really Gone?

What’s This?

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Raptor….From the Latin word

“Rapare” – To seize or grasp

1. Exceptionally Good Eye Sight2. Sharp Hooked Beak

3. Four Powerful Talons on Each Foot4. Carnivorous – Meat Eater

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How Do Raptors Help?• Control Prey Populations: Farmer’s Best Friends!• Strengthen Prey Species: The Quick & the Strong Survive• Provide Information on the Health of our Environment• Bring Beauty & Grace into the World

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Eagles, Hawks & Falcons

EaglesFalconsHawksHarriersKitesOspreysCaracarasSecretary birdsVultures, Old World (Eastern Hemishere; Europe, Asia, and Africa)Vultures, New World (Western Hemishere)

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Bald Eagle

Caracara

Red-TailedHawk

PrairieFalcon

Kestrel

HarrisHawk

White-TailedKite

Gyrfalcon

RedShouldered

Hawk

Falconiformes292 SpeciesDiurnal – Active by day

BlackHawk

Sharp-Shinned

Hawk

Eagles, Hawks & FalconsFalconiformes

EaglesFalconsHawksHarriersKitesOspreysCaracarasSecretary birdsVultures, Old World (Eastern Hemishere; Europe, Asia, and Africa)Vultures, New World (Western Hemishere)

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Merlin

Osprey

NorthernHarrierFerruginous Hawk

Short-TailedHawk

Swallow-TailedKite

Black-Shouldered

Kite

Golden Eagle

PeregrineFalcon Goshawk

Broad-WingedHawk

Eagles

Bald Eagle

Back from the Endangered List!

Golden Eagle

Ron Niebrugge

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Owls

Great Horned Owl Great Grey OwlBarred Owl Screech Owl Saw-whet Owl Snowy Owl Burrowing Owl Boreal Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Hawk OwlPygmy OwlElf Owl

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Great Grey

Saw-whet

Barred

Snowy

Screech

Great HornedNorthern PygmyNorthern Pygmy

Hawk Owl

Short Eared

Spotted

Strigiformes162 SpeciesNocturnal – Active at night

Vultures

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Turkey Vulture

Nature’s Clean-Up Crew

Black Vulture

Moving North – Climate Change?

FlightSilhouettes

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Buteo: soaring hawk

Accipiter: woodland hawk

Owl Silhouette

In Nature, Everything is Connected!

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How to Help Birds & Our EnvironmentGet involved! Place stickers on WindowsKeep the cat indoorsUse Lead-free fishing tackleSlow the spread of West Nile virusEliminate unnecessary pesticide useUse phosphorus-free fertilizer, dishwashing & laundry detergentsWalk, bike, car pool, take the bus or trainor ride-shareGrow your own food or buy food from local farmsGrow native plants only – Stop invasive species!Go solar!Conserve electricity: Save a mountain top & lessen CO2 emissions Properly dispose of toxic chemicals (i.e. latex paint) & items containing mercuryProtect native prairieStop junk mail: http://www.privacyrights.org Recycle – Recycle - RecycleRecycle newspapers & magazines - better still, read them on lineShare what you know!

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There are dinosaurs among usWe don't even know they're there               We can find them in our houses                    And in the city square                            In woods and fields and oceansLakes and streams and treesOn ice floes and on mountainsOr wherever they please.                       They're not as scary as T-rexOr big as ultrasaurusBut some have qualities which                 May be unpleasant for us. They're certainly a terrorFor things they like to eatEarthworms, rabbits, rattlesnakesAll hastily retreat Though some eat seeds and vegetables And fruit and leaves and grassSome eat dead meat called carrion,              Stuff we'd much rather pass.

John Denver: The Eagle & the Hawk Photo: http://www.thongtinnhatban.net

You've eaten some for dinnerAnd seen some in the zoo                              They’ve been photographed & hunted           Some folks feed them too. What are these creatures everywhere Let's see if you can chooseWho the living dinos areFrom clues that scientists use. Let's start with tracks left on the trailBy many different creatures  Can you find the living dinosaur  By examining the features?

Gary Berke