Help Keep Hawks in Hawkeye Land

Authors

Steve Duecker, Maple Valley Junior High School

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Many people have watched a hawk soar on a warm spring day. As the hawk turns lazy circles in the sky, he is riding currents of air that push him up. Not much hunting is done from this soar. Hawks are equipped with strong feet and sharp claws called talons. These are for capturing and killing their food. Their hooked beak is used to tear the food up for swallowing. Hawks have ear openings and can hear fairly well. The eyes of the hawk are about eight times more powerful than a human's and are especially built to detect movement of little animals.

Publication Date

Winter (December) 1981

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

18

Issue

3

First Page

2

Last Page

5

Copyright

© Copyright 1981 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Duecker, Steve (1981) "Help Keep Hawks in Hawkeye Land," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 18: No. 3, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol18/iss3/2