HAWKTALK SUMMER 2015 ISSUE 71

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A I C E G African White-headed African White-backed Vulture Striated Caracara Harris’ Hawk Bald Cinereous Vulture White Tailed Sea Eagle

Bird Anagram Rearrange these letters to find the name of a British of prey: A K O R A S W P R H W

Word search Fun Facts can you find the following birds? Red Barn Owl Buzzard Merlin Hen Birds of prey can be divided into two Kestrel Heron Hobby Goshawk Peregrine groups. The first group isdiurnal birds: these birds are the ones which O I A T R R K J K U D E T I Y are more active during the daytime Z S V M N F R Q T B K and includes hawks, , D Z C E E H E R O N X B A I X O and . The second group is S R S F P W Z F J K nocturnal birds: these are the L M B F A C F B L I T W A T D F birds which are more active during S T Y C V A U R A E the night and includes owls. V Q K T I R N V Z J R V A E R N R G S Z W E E E J P E J L M N M Z O P V I S D A U B I Did you know? Owls have 14 M B V L K L T E R E vertebrae in their necks, but we A U A L L R R E W Y R only have 7! (Giraffes also have 7) R E V C X W X I R K J Q E U W E Y Q P B L A R I K L G O T E G D H Y D D Q R A Did you know? Kestrels can see O F T M O V O W P O trails of urine from in A M D F C T K H W N H the grass; this helps them to find S E R N I A Z X O H O S F H N S their prey more easily. F I U A H N T O Y H O H M B Q W N G T X A E E L C O N H Did you know? Many birds of prey I N E F A E R E G R A E A P A H can do tricks and flips in the air. W V C Z B E Y I U O R Q V B A A H T I B E A K S H E Y R E B G T U I E B M N A T O Y Did you know? The oldest T Y A E G W T U C V B British Red Kite on record was V B K P Z 23 years and 10 months old.

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The British is a Sparrowhawk a is Prey of bird British The Bird anagram Bird

A: White Tailed Sea Eagle B: Black Vulture C: African White-backed Vulture D: Bald Eagle E: Striated Caracara F: Hooded Vulture G: African White-headed Vulture H: Harris’ Hawk I: Cinereous Vulture Cinereous I: Hawk Harris’ H: Vulture White-headed African G: Vulture Hooded F: Caracara Striated E: Eagle Bald D: Vulture White-backed African C: Vulture Black B: Eagle Sea Tailed White A: match the birds to the eggs the to birds the match