North American Hawks!
Paul and Donna wing it today talking about those beautiful, fast, and it turns out, smartypants predators, North American Hawks! We’ll hear from an animal expert, and have many fun times, here on the Varmints! Podcast.
But first, the news!
Empty Nesters at Last!
What will we do now that they’ve left the nest? Make more baby hawks of course!
What’s the difference between hawks and falcons?
Lots of things, check it out here, courtesy of compareanimal.com!
Vive la différence!
Cooper’s Hawks! courtesy of the Cornell Ornithology Lab at allaboutbirds.org!
Red-tailed hawks love to eat sneks! Read all about it here, courtesy of tucson.com!
Now that’s picking up lunch on the way home.
I mean, check out the Harris’s Hawk. Read about it right here, courtesy of audubon.org!
Here are Five Facts About the Odd But Awesome Osprey, courtesy of Earth Matters at mnn.com.
Champion fisherbird!
We love Hawkeye from the MCU! Read about him courtesy of marvelcinematicunivorse.fandom.com!
I’m as super as they are!
A little more about Clint Barton aka Hawkeye! Article courtesy of writeups.com.
We’re serious about the dumb hat.
He’s a chickenhawk! Read about Henery Hawk at Wikipedia.org!
I’m a chickenhawk and you’re a chicken!
Check out the enormous and gorgeous Swainson’s Hawk!
Read about it here, courtesy of the Cornell Ornithology Lab, at allaboutbirds.com.
Adult light morph on the left, adult dark morph on the right.
At the end of the show we talked with Amber, who works with the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies all about North American Hawks and conservation!
Many thanks to Amber for her expertise and telling us about her experiences!
Listen to the call of the Swainson’s Hawk! Courtesy of YouTube user American Bird Conservancy.
Not the mighty sound of the red-tailed hawk, but it’s adorable and we love it.
