HAWKTALK SUMMER 2015 ISSUE 71 Hi! I’m a screech owl Owlets can you colour Match the Birds to the eggs me in? B D H F A C E G African White-headed Vulture I African White-backed Vulture Striated Caracara Harris’ Hawk Bald Eagle Cinereous Vulture Hooded Vulture White Tailed Sea Eagle Black Vulture Bird Anagram Rearrange these letters to find the name of a British bird of prey: A K O R A S W P R H W Fun Facts Word search can you find the following birds? Birds of prey can be divided into two Red Kite Barn Owl Buzzard Merlin Hen Harrier groups. The first group isdiurnal Kestrel Heron Hobby Goshawk Peregrine Falcon birds: these birds are the ones which are more active during the daytime and includes hawks, eagles, vultures Z S V M N D E T I Y R K J K U O I A T R and falcons. The second group is nocturnal birds: these are the X B A I H E R O N D Z C E E R Q T B K F birds which are more active during C F B L M B F A W Z F J K S R S F P X O the night and includes owls. V Q A U R A E S T Y C V W A T D F L I T E R G S Z W V A E R N N V Z Did you know? Owls have 14 J R K T I R vertebrae in their necks, but we S D A U B Z O P V I J L M N M E E J P E only have 7! (Giraffes also have 7) R R E W A U A L L L T E R E M B V L K I Q E U Did you know? Kestrels can see W E Y I R K J Q R E V C X W X Y R trails of urine from rodents in Y D D Q R T E G D H I K L G O P B L A R the grass; this helps them to find T K H W A M D F C their prey more easily. V O W P O O F T M O A F I S F H N S A Z X O H O S E R N I N H Did you know? Many birds of prey G T X A E M B Q W N T O Y H O H can do tricks and flips in the air. U A H N A E A P E R E G R I N E F A L C O N H E A H T R Q V B A E Y I U O W V C Z B A H Did you know? The oldest British Red Kite on record was M N T U I E B Y R E B G A K S H E I B E 23 years and 10 months old. V B K P Z W T U C V B T Y A E G A T O Y Answers The British bird of Prey 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.