<p>CPES (2009)- The Case of the Missing Hawks – 1.4 (pg. 17)</p><p>1. In one year, left unchecked by limiting factors, one pair of meadow mice could have over a million offspring! List at least two reasons explaining this rapid exponential growth.</p><p>2. What animals did the game warden kill?</p><p>3. Why did the game warden kill the hawks</p><p>4. What scientific evidence demonstrated that hawks are a key limiting population for the mice?</p><p>5. What role did the mice play in the food chain?</p><p>6. What role did the hawk play the food chain?</p><p>7. What is a bounty?</p><p>8. Based on what you read about great horned owls (pg. 20) do you think the protection from hunting should be removed (one comment – it is extremely rare that they would eat a small dog or kitten)?</p><p>Questions 9 to 12 – Use the Internet and class discussion to answer these questions.</p><p>9. What is a raptor?</p><p>10. List two kinds of hawks, one falcon, and two owls that are seen or heard in this part of PA.</p><p>11. What kind of hawk is most likely to see along roads and highways near Emmaus?</p><p>12. What two raptors (also called birds of prey) are listed in PA as endangered? http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=458&q=150321</p><p>13. What two raptors (also called birds of prey) are listed in PA as threatened? http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=458&q=150321</p><p>14. Where is Hawk Mountain? Describe the route to Hawk Mountain from Allentown. About how long would it take to drive there? http://www.hawkmountain.org/</p><p>15. Why was Hawk Mountain established as a wildlife sanctuary? http://www.hawkmountain.org/index.php?pr=History</p><p>16. When was it established?</p><p>17. What is the main reason people visit Hawk Mountain? http://www.hawkmountain.org/index.php?pr=Raptor_Migration</p><p>18. Why are so many migrating raptors seen at Hawk Mountain? http://www.hawkmountain.org/index.php?pr=Raptor_Migration Coyotes – Opportunistic Omnivores - 1.5 - (pg. 21) 1. Before settlement by Europeans, what were the two largest predator in the Northeast (including PA)? Were coyotes found in PA?</p><p>2. What does this mean: “The coyote is filling an ecological niche that was left vacant in areas where the wolf and the mountain lion were eliminated.” ?</p><p>3. What habitat changes have resulted in the increased numbers of coyotes in PA?</p><p>4. How do we know that coyotes are omnivores?</p><p>5. What may be key limiting factor for coyotes, especially in northern PA?</p><p>6. What is the relationship be the deer population and the coyote population in northern PA?</p><p>7. Many millions of tax dollars has been spent to reduce or eradicate coyotes in Western states. What is the reason for this? </p><p>8. Has the “war on coyotes” been successful? ______Explain why or why not:</p><p>9. In many cases predators (such as coyotes) are “blamed” for killing game animals (such as deer) and livestock that they may have eaten, but not actually killed. Explain this.</p><p>10. Rather than extensive eradication programs (poisoning, shooting, bounties, etc) what other approaches can be used to decrease coyote problems in Western U.S.? </p><p>Use these sites for the remaining questions: http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=458&q=163663 http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/browse.asp?a=458&bc=0&c=70036</p><p>11. About how many coyotes are thought to be in PA?</p><p>12. Where in PA are coyotes found?</p><p>13. About how large is a coyote?</p><p>14. Is it legal to hunt or trap coyotes in PA?</p><p>15. Why do we seldom see coyotes?</p><p>16. What are the two major remaining predators on PA white-tailed deer?</p>