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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Kenue Park

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Nature center

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Okoboji osprey

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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

www.dickinsoncountyconservationboard.com.

There you can also find blogs all about everything you want to

know about osprey!