<NOTE desc="Amended 31 July 2000">
<DATE desc="18 Mar 1998">
<DATE desc="amended 15 March 1998">
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BRITISH BIRDS
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<reg>BIRDS</reg> project
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CONTENTS
1. The Sparrow-hawk
2. How to watch birds
3. Did you know
4. the Kestrel
5-6 Northern Harrier
7 What are birds of prey
8 peregrine Falcon
9-16 <reg>Yorkshire</reg> Dales Falconry (photos)
17 Facts about females and males
18 Word <reg>Search</reg>
19 bibliography
by <name key="Robbie Ogden">
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The Sparrow-Hawk
The Sparrow-Hawk <sic>live</sic> in well-wooded country with farm lands and big gardens, it sometimes hunts in town parks. It has <reg>a very</reg> long tail which <sic>help</sic> when you go bird <reg>watching</reg>. It can fly very fast and close to the ground <NOTE desc="no punctuation"> Sometimes you can mistake it for a cuckoo. <sic>Sparrow-Hawk</sic> eat most small birds which they catch in flight. And they also take the chicks of poultry and duck. The Sparrow-Hawk is our most common Hawk.
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The Sparrow-Hawk
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How to watch birds
To bird watch you need a pencil and a notebook <NOTE desc="no punctuation"> <reg>it’s</reg> important to make note the second you see them rather than later. If you don’t you forget details. Wear strong shoes and dull coloured clothes so that you not rustle grass.
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Did you know
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Sparrow hawk flying |
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Peregrine falcon diving |
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How fast is a falcon
a falcon diving gets up to 300/350 KM per hour <note desc="no punctuation"> that is fast <reg>. It’s <sic>fast</sic> than man walking, Sparrow hawk, <reg>Cheetah</reg>, a Car, a Train, and <reg>it’s</reg> one of the <reg>fastest</reg> birds of prey.
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The Kestrel
A <reg>kestrel</reg> family is a bird called a <sic>falcons</sic>. They are birds of <reg>prey</reg>. They have sharp curved beaks and good eyes to see their prey from a long way <reg>off</reg>. Kestrels are not as big as other <sic>bird</sic> of prey But size <reg>doesn’t</reg> <reg>matter</reg> <sic>is</sic> this <reg>matter</reg> because <reg>they’re</reg> still good predators. <sic>The</sic> eat many small <NOTE desc="word/s missing?"> in their habitat, but very few eat them. <reg>Kestrels</reg> live in very <reg>different</reg> habitats. Some live in valleys, some in mountains. They can also be seen in big cities above.!
egg-laying
Most <reg>Kestrels</reg> lay <sic>egg</sic> on window ledges in towns But the most natural place for them to nest is in a tree.
life is easier for <reg>kestrels</reg> in town so they lay eggs much faster and sooner than the country <reg>kestrels</reg>. Most of the time the female <sic>sit</sic> on the eggs while the male <sic>hunt</sic> for food. It <sic>take</sic> about four weeks for the eggs to hatch. When the <sic>bird</sic> are older they learn to fly. <reg>Kestrels</reg> hunt by Day and night They find prey by hovering over their <reg>habitat</reg> and searching the ground below. But <reg>sometimes</reg> they will just perch and watch <NOTE desc="no punctuation"> <reg>Once</reg> the <reg>kestrel</reg> spots its prey it goes down to get it. The <reg>kestrel</reg> will often eat big birds on the spot but small <sic>bird</sic> it will <reg>take</reg> <reg>away</reg>.
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Northern Harrier
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What are <sic>bird</sic> of prey
<sic>bird</sic> of <reg>prey</reg> or raptors which is another name of them are the strongest, fastest birds in the world. But today these <sic>bird</sic> are in danger. This is because of the way people have treated the bird and their <reg>habitats</reg>.
Birds of prey hunt and kill <sic>over</sic> animals for food.
Some <sic>bird</sic> of prey eat the meat of animals they catch themselves. They are called predators
Other birds of <reg>prey</reg> eat the meat of animals which are already dead. They are called scavengers
All birds of <reg>prey</reg> are alike in many ways
Feet:- have strong toes with sharp <unclear> claws called talons. They use these to catch and kill prey.
The beak is large and hooked which helps to kill prey and tear flesh.
They also have large <sic>eye</sic> <reg>which</reg> helps to see their prey far away.
birds of prey are excellent fliers
Kestrels are able for example to hover still in the air. eagles can soar high in the sky without flapping their wings at all.
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Peregrine Falcon
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This is a baby feather of a peregrine falcon
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<reg>YORKSHIRE</reg> DALES FALCONRY
A few <sic>day</sic> ago I went to the Falconry Center with my dad <NOTE desc="no punctuation"> We saw <sic>Bird</sic> of prey Some british <sic>one</sic> and I took some <reg>pictures</reg> of them here they are
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Facts about female and males
Did you know that the female sparrowhawk is <reg>nearly</reg> <reg>twice</reg> as big as the male.
Did you know that the female golden eagle is 30 per cent heavier than the male
Did you know that the female sparrowhawk is better at hunting than the male and she can hunt birds the same <reg>height</reg> as her.
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1. Birds of prey word search.
2. Falcons
3. <reg>Kestrel</reg>
4. Sparrow Hawk
5. Owl
6. Hawk
7. Harrier
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Bibliography
1. Birkhead The World of <reg>Kestrels</reg> <sic>Beliltria</sic> <UNCLEAR> (1991)
2 4 Holden, <reg>Sharrock</reg>, <reg>Burn</reg> The RSPB book of British Birds Papermac (1982)
3. <reg>Weidensaul</reg> Raptors Swan Hill prem (1996)
4. Gray. Birds of prey Wayland (publishers) Ltd (1990)
5. The I-spy Guide to British Birds Michelin Tyre Co
6. <reg>Porter</reg> <reg>et al</reg> Flight <reg>Identification</reg> of European Raptors T + AD <reg>Poyser</reg> (1974)
7. Ingen N.Van The <reg>Kestrel</reg> Waits (1991)
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