Illinois Raptor Society Program

If you were not at the library today, you missed some great sights!  The Illinois Raptor Society from Decatur brought in a read tailed hawk, a falcon, a vulture, and an owl.  The hawk was really beautiful and the vulture was really ugly.  

They told us how to tell a raptor from other birds.  (Since you missed it, I guess you will have to look it up when you come to the library.  The handler explained that a BOOK got him interested in learning all he could about the outdoors.)  

They also explained how tiny computers were able to record a falcon's dive at over 200 miles per hour.  Wow!  We even got to watch the owl fly from one handler to the other, then eat its lunch of a dead mouse.  (Ugh!!!)  Did you know that you cannot hear an owl fly?!

If you missed this Thursday Event, be sure to register for next week when Nitro-Joe, the Science Guy will be here to do all of his wacky science experiments!