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short eared owl release
This is can be tricky with the short eared owls. Most owls have large broad wings and lack a spectacular style of flight. They are designed for still hunting, and spend ... come along. The short-eared owl is different. It has a unique design with long pointed wings that enable it to fly and hover over tall grass or prairies. In fact, it ...
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Large-billed tern
Terns are related to gulls, but are usually smaller, with narrower pointed bills, pointed wings and forked tails. Large tern; upper body dark gray, greenish legs, yellow feet, black ...
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Peregrine Falcon - WDNR
Peregrines are compact, fast birds with pointed wings. As with most birds of prey, male peregrines are smaller than ... eyes and begins its stoop, a streamlined dive with tail and wings folded and feet lying back. The falcon hits its prey with ... below the eye. Throat and underparts are white. Back and upper wings are slate colored. They have dark brown eyes with yellow eye ...
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The Canadian Peregrine Foundation -- USA & International home page
Their long, pointed wings are shaped for speed, but they must use altitude and ... wings are large and rounded, providing lots of lift and maneuverability in its normal woodland settings. In comparison the peregrine’s wings are longer and pointed ... saw the bird coming in with down swept wings which I noticed were quite pointed. I thought that couldn't be a ...
www.peregrine-foundation.ca


EEK! - Critter Corner - Peregrine Falcon
In flight you'll notice their pointed wings. Native to Wisconsin, peregrines originally nested along the bluffs of the Mississippi, St. Croix and ...
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The Hawk by Brett Donaldson
Kites, Goshawks, Eagles and Harriers. This family is described as birds with short heads, broad wings hooked bills, large talons and often seen soaring and the family Falconidae, that includes the ... described as birds with toothed upper bills, a dark cap or teardrop check mark, long pointed wings and swift flight. Collectively they make up what we like to call the Hawks. For ...
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Endangered Species Facts
Appearance Peregrine falcons are crow-sized birds of prey with long, pointed wings and a long tail. These birds have bluish backs, wings and flanks barred with black, a white face with a ...
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June2007web
Terns are small white seabirds with pointed wings and bills. In the summer, Forster’s Tern is distinguished by its medium-sized, black ...
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Tern
Terns are small white seabirds with pointed wings and bills. In the summer, Forster’s Tern is distinguished by its medium-sized, black ...
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Mississippi Kites in Kansas
Wingspread: 29 - 33 inches Weight: 8 - 13 ounces Comments: With their long pointed wings and long tails Mississippi kites are sometimes mistaken for falcons. In flight they appear uniformly ...
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