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Activity Book Osprey Okoboji
Color Me The osprey (Pandion haliaetus) was extinct in Iowa after the settlers came and only returned in
2000. The birds are skilled hunters, diving into local lakes and ponds to catch fish that can weigh
almost as much as the birds do. Each winter osprey migrate to South America.
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Beak
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Kenue Park
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Nature center
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Okoboji osprey
Predator
Talons
Web camera
Yellow eyes
Okoboji Osprey word search
Connect the dots
Fill-in-the-blank
1. Osprey’s favorite food is ________.
2. Osprey are found on every _______________ except Antarctica.
3. ____________ is a nickname for osprey.
4. Osprey can ____ up to 40 miles per hour.
5. The type of ________ built by a bird of prey such as an eagle, hawk or osprey is called an
aerie.
6. Osprey ________ up to 8,000 miles per year between their nesting and overwintering sites.
7. The average osprey _______ is 20 years.
8. Osprey eyes are bright ________.
9. Osprey eggs are speckled brown and ___________.
10. Osprey are unusual in that they possess a reversible outer ___ that allows them to grasp with
two toes in front and two toes behind.
Answers: 1. Fish; 2. Continent; 3. Seahawk; 4. Fly; 5. Nest; ; 6. Migrate; 7. Lifespan; 8. Yellow; 9. White; 10.
Magic Message
RA_TOR TAL_N_
_IRD _F P_EY HO_KED BEA_
ANGL_R S_AR_NG
OKOBO_I FL_ING
Message:
Use the letters from the blanks above and rearrange to find the secret magic message.
Answer: Okoboji Osprey
Osprey fly direction for the winter to warmer weather, but where exactly are they going
and why do they leave?
Studies have found that osprey that breed in the Midwest typically overwinter from country
all the way to South America. Osprey leave their breeding grounds as individuals, not as plural
noun . The typical departure schedule is the female adult leaves, then the male, followed by the full-
grown plural noun . Each one decides where it will overwinter and could all end up in different plac-
es.
An bird takes 15- number days to complete its migration, and it may log more than number
migration miles in its 15- to 20-year lifespan. That boils down to 8,000 miles per time period or
4,000 miles per year.
Why do osprey leave their breeding sites? Osprey that nest in places such as state would not
only have to deal with cold temperatures, which they could most likely survive, but adjective lakes
and wetlands, where they would normally activity . Even if waterways are open, colder tempera-
tures drive animal deeper into the water, and osprey need to fish about three feet or less below
the surface of the water.
In the spring, osprey verb north because of spatial reasons. The U.S. and Canada offer
breeding grounds with more noun , noun and noun than the places they overwinter.
Migration Mad Libs
Watch the Okoboji Osprey live on their nest camera in
Kenue Park April-September at
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