Education Week and The Canadian Raptor Conservancy

As part of our education week activities we had James Cowan from the Canadian Raptor Conservancy visit us here at Lagerquist. All Lagerquist students attended the performance. We were able to get all 600 students into our gym and seated comfortably for the presentation.

James brought five different birds of prey with him and students learned about the birds and James also flew the birds for the students. One of our teachers, Mrs. Dwyer got to hold the Harris Hawk as a present from the students for her birthday. It was an interesting and engaging performance, both students and teachers had a lot of positive things to say about the birds, James and all of the information they learned yesterday.  

Here are some examples of the information they received from the presentation.

1. A Harris Hawk can land on a cactus so it wouldn't hurt if one landed on your head.
2. Great Horned owls like to hunt skunks because they don't have a sense of smell.
3. The Red-Tailed Hawk is on the list to become the Canadian National Bird. 
4. Canada does not have a Canadian National Bird.
5. Turkey Vultures have bald heads so that when they eat carrion it doesn't get all over their feathers.
6. Bald Eagles were extinct in Ontario up until 15 years ago.

The kids really loved how James flew the birds. He made a point of moving all over the room and ensuring that the students got a very close encounter with the birds. In all it was a great morning here at Lagerquist check out our photos.