On this page, you'll find ways to learn more about raptors and corvids. There are ideas for purchases from Amazon.com that will allow you to increase your knowledge of the amazing creatures who live with us, while contributing to their welfare. Everyone benefits!

You will also find links here to take you to other raptor and corvid references. You'll want to check back often.

Find some additional information on the red-tailed hawk:

http://www-ed.fnal.gov/entry_exhibits/red_tail/hawk.html

An owl drawing lesson for little ones:

http://www.first-school.ws/activities/shapes/animals/owl_hearts.htm

Lesson plan for younger children, utilizing Owl Babies by Martin Wadell. (available from Amazon on our site!

http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/nccep/lp/lp99a.html

Online barn owl jigsaw puzzle:

http://birding.about.com/library/blpuzzlebarnowl.htm

Red-tailed hawk jigsaw puzzles:

http://birding.about.com/library/blpuzzlerthawk.htm

http://birding.about.com/library/blpuzzlerthawkhead.htm

Baby screech owl puzzles:

http://birding.about.com/library/blpuzzlescreechowlets.htm

Turkey vulture puzzle:

http://birding.about.com/library/blpuzzletv.htm

Bald eagle puzzle:

http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/raptorpuzzle.htm

“O” is for owl. Little ones can trace and practice the letter “O":

http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha_tracers_zb1/o1.htm

A webquest for raptors

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/dailard/raptorhunt/t-index.htm

Lots of birds of prey info, including activities for home and classroom:

http://www.idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/birdsofprey/bird.html

Kid Wings site: much about birds for school age kids:

http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm

Barn Owl Cam:

http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/wildwatch/owlcam/barn_owl.html

Fifth Grade info and activities on owls (and raptors):

http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/owls.htm?

Lots of information on owls, including class activities and video clips:

http://www.carolina.com/owls/index.asp

Build a nesting box for Eastern Screech Owls:

http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/new/owls/owlbox.html

Rare Raptors from the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory:

http://www.ggro.org/rare-raptors.html

Zoom in and see an Eastern Screech Owl up close:

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/MigratoryBirds/Zoomify/easo.cfm

Dissect a virtual owl pellet: www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/index2.htm (requires Macromedia Flash)

How to help an orphaned animal.

New York State Wildlife Rehabilitation Council.

Find fabulous fine art, including OFES wild ambassadors at Wildfeathers.

Outreach for Earth Stewardship Programs at Shelburne Farms.

Golden Gate Raptor Observatory in California's San Francisco Bay Area.

For general information on hawks, check out www.buteo.com

Cornell University's Raptor Center