Bird-Friendly Nest Boxes & Feeders by Paul Meisel

Author:Paul Meisel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing

PHOTO BY JURVETSON

American kestrel.

Northern screech owl.

PHOTO BY BRENDAN LALLY

Northern saw-whet owl.

WORDS TO KNOW

Falcon: Any hawk trained to kill small game. In falconry, the female is called a falcon and the male a tiercel.

Falconer: A person who breeds and trains falcons.

Hawk: Birds with short rounded wings, long tails and legs, and a hooked beak and claws. More broadly, any such bird active by day, except vultures and eagles. Hawks include the falcons and buzzards.

Owl: Any of an order of night birds of prey distinguished by a large flat face, eyes surrounded by stiff-feathered disks, a short hooked beak, feathered legs with sharp talons, and soft plumage permitting noiseless flight.

The name is derived from the Latin ululare, “to howl.”

Raptor: One who seizes by force; a bird of prey such as a hawk, eagle, or owl.

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