Despite a snow day that closed most area schools, 93 kids and their parents braved the evening wind chills to see raptors - hawks and owls - up close and personal, January 30, 2008 at DeWitt Jr. High.
Biologist Joe Rogers from Wildlife Recovery Association in Shepherd MI, demonstrated over a dozen raptors. Cell phone cameras and multi-flash digital cameras lit up the auditorium as Rogers paraded a variety of birds recovered from injuries: small-ish saw-whet owls, screech owls and American kestrels, to broadwinged hawks and a crowd-pleaser snow owl.
The event was sponsored by Friends of the Looking Glass River to help electronics-age students stay in touch with the wonders of their natural world. For more information: www.wildliferecovery.org and www.lookingglassriverfriends.org
RAPTOR PHOTOS - January 30, 2008
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Bailey and Madison Yonkman get a close up view of a northern saw-whet owl - the smallest owl species in Michigan. The girls' parents are Greg and Kim Yonkman of DeWitt. |
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Biologist Joe Rogers demonstrates how a dark phased broadwing hawk zero's in on its prey |
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| A mother and daughter study the exquisite detail of a female American kestrel.
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Biologist Joe Rogers holds an injury-recovered beautiful snow owl above his head for the audience to appreciate. Raptors that cannot survive in the wild due to the effects of their injuries, are given to zoos and educational programs. |
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