Hawks, snakes and bee-bee birds, oh my
19.05.12
The spring break event lineup at the Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre will feature close encounters with predatory wildlife.
As exciting and scary as that sounds, Wildlife Weeks — March 10-24 — will actually be a rare opportunity for curious kids and adults alike to see these creatures in a controlled environment.
First up on March 13 is Hawk Talk — Birds of Prey. Hold on to your hats as these captivating, non-releasable owls and hawks, residents of the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society, stop by the ecology centre.
Did you know red-tailed hawks regularly perch on lamp standards at the top of the Upper Levels Highway between the Lonsdale Avenue and Lynn Valley Road exits?
Scot Kissinger, supervisor at the Lynn Valley Ecology Centre, explains how the highway hawks are just waiting overhead for rodents to snatch up morsels of food tossed from a car. The hawk then swoops down, and the circle of life is on full display.
Source: North Shore Outlook