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1 1 Activity BookActivity BookActivity BookActivity BookActivity Book2 Please take the time to share the information and utilize the activities withinthis booklet with your students and children. This booklet focuses on thestate-endangered osprey, the 2003 Indiana osprey reintroduction projectand the Indiana Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Indiana Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program and the IndianaDivision of Fish and Wildlife strive to provide accurate information about ourstate s natural resources. This booklet was designed to teach others aboutthe return of the osprey to Indiana s for the reintroduction project and the development of this bookletare provided through the Indiana Endangered Wildlife Fund.

2 The Nongameand Endangered Wildlife Program utilizes Wildlife Fund monies to protectand manage over 550 nongame and endangered animal species in the stateof Indiana. Income is generated almost entirely through donations to theWildlife Fund via the Indiana Income Tax Checkoff and direct donations tothe Fund. The Nongame Program is also currently receiving a 75 percentmatch on every dollar spent from the Federal Wildlife Conservation andRestoration to the Fund can be made at any time by businesses, schools,families or individuals to help us to continue to make projects such as thispossible. More information on the Nongame Program and how to donateare available on the Division of Fish and Wildlife s you for your support,Alisha SchiffliNongame Education SpecialistFISH&WILDLIFEINDIANA DIVISION OFA Note to Educators and ParentsA Note to Educators and ParentsA Note to Educators and ParentsA Note to Educators and ParentsA Note to Educators and ParentsJohn GossDirector, IndianaDepartment of NaturalResourcesNongame andEndangered WildlifeProgram402 W.

3 Washington St.,W273 Indianapolis, IN SalmonDirector, Division of Fishand WildlifeKatie SmithSupervisor, Nongameand Endangered WildlifeProgramAlisha SchiffliActivity book Editor andDesigner, NongameEducation SpecialistCover: Osprey drawn byColleen Baker3 Hello! My name is JohnCastrale and I am going tobe your guide to help youlearn more about am an ornithologistornithologistornithologisto rnithologistornithologist forthe Indiana Division of Fish andWildlife. We work hard toprotect and manage morethan 550 species ofnongame and endangeredanimals in the state ofIndiana. We hope that you lljoin us to protect Indiana snatural you learn about ospreys,be on the lookout forimportant key words!

4 Findthe Key Words box tolearn what they your binoculars, put onyour thinking caps and let sgo!ornithologist - someone who studies birds, a bird biologist-Key Words--Key Words--Key Words--Key Words--Key Words-4 OspreyfactsheetThe osprey is one of the most widely distributed birdsin the world, found on every continent exceptAntarctica. The population declined rapidly between1950 and 1980 due to DDT, loss of breeding groundsand poaching. The banning of DDT in combinationwith state conservation programs has allowed theosprey to make a comeback throughout the UnitedStates. The osprey is considered endangered osprey is a raptor or bird of prey.

5 Raptors are atthe top of their food chain and prey on smalleranimals. The osprey has special adaptations to huntfish but will occasionally eat rodents, birds, smallvertebrates and crustaceans. Although they can bevery protective of their nests, they will not name:Pandion haliaetusNickname: fish hawk Length:21 - 25 inchesWingspan:59 - 67 - 4 poundsFemales are slightly largerthan species:Bald eagles; Eagles havelarger dark bodies and fly withtheir wings :Because of diet, ospreys livenear bodies of :Feeds almost exclusively onfishLifespan:Average of 18 years old in thewildNests:Stick nests are usually built in deadtrees and a variety of manmadestructures (telephone poles or artificialplatforms).

6 Ospreys are colonial orsolitary nesters and both male andfemale ospreys contribute to :Monogamous breeders; Ospreyslay three to four eggs per :32 - 43 days by both sexes, howeverthe female does more while the malebrings food. Young stay in nest48 - 59 name Pandion haliaetus has Greek was the name of two mythical kings ofAthens; haliaetus is from the Greek hals and aetosmeaning sea and eagle. -Key Words-Key Words-Key Words-Key Words-Key Words-----colonial - animals of the same species that live in groupsand are dependent upon one anothermonogamous - mating of a male with a female involving noextra individuals of either gender. Usually birds will bondthrough the breeding season only and in some cases itmay extend through the adult life of the two individualssolitary - animals that live on their own without a partner orothersCall:Ospreys are quite vocal birds.

7 They sound akip kip kip kiweek kiweek when courtship and around the nest they usea variety of soft whistling and chirping Nongame and Endangered WildlifeProgram begins a plan for osprey restoration andmanagement for the known nesting pairs ofosprey reside in built and later abandoned onerected platform at Patoka Lake(Crawford County)19951995199519951995 One nest reported at Brookville Reservoir inUnion listed as endangered biologists implement plan byreintroducing approximately 75osprey chicks throughout - 20052003 - 20052003 - 20052003 - 20052003 - 2005 Breeding ospreys not known to be in banned in United States19731973197319731973 Nest reported in Parke County19711971197119711971 Public awareness of damage toenvironment raised with the publishing ofRachel Carson s book , Silent Spring19621962196219621962 Populations decline drastically nationwide dueto DDT.

8 Loss of breeding grounds - 19701950 - 19701950 - 19701950 - 19701950 - 1970 Paul Muller of Geigy Pharmaceutical inSwitzerland discovered the effectiveness ofDDT as an reported in Porter County19341934193419341934 Nesting reports in Posey County1932 - 19691932 - 19691932 - 19691932 - 19691932 - 1969 Nest reported in Parke County1931193119311931193119181918191819 181918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act passedOsprey considered a regular migrant and localsummer resident statewide; common along theLake Michigan 1800sy 1800sy 1800sy 1800sy 1800sOsprey abundant and no protectionexisted for the report of breeding pairnear the Ohio River198919891989198919896 The Migratory Bird Treaty Act waspassed by the Congress in1918 to help protect unnecessaryharm to migratory bird prohibition applies to birdsincluded in the respectiveinternational conventions betweenthe and Great Britain, the Mexico, the and Japan,and the and Russia.

9 This wasthe establishment of a Federalprohibition, unless permitted byregulations, to "..pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill,attempt to take, capture or kill,possess, offer for sale, sell, offer topurchase, purchase, deliver forMigratory Bird Treaty Actshipment, ship .. transport, causeto be transported, carry, or causeto be carried by any meanswhatever, receive for shipment,transportation or carriage, orexport, at any time, or in anymanner, any migratory bird,included in the terms of thisConvention .. for the protection ofmigratory birds .. or any part,nest, or egg of any such bird." ( 703)Ospreys and other birds of preyare protected under this are also protected underIndiana Administrative Rulesbecause they are consideredendangered in the Biography:Biologist Biography:Biologist Biography:Biologist Biography:Biologist Biography:Rachel Carson and the birth of Environmental AwarenessBorn May 27, 1907, in Springdale,Pa, Rachel Louise Carson got anearly start on becoming thewoman who is credited withsparking the environmentalmovement in the United received a master sdegree in zoology from JohnsHopkins University in 1932 andpursued a teaching later took a job writingradio scripts for the Bureau ofFisheries.

10 This job turned into a15-year career as scientist andwriter at the Fish and WildlifeService, where she ultimately roseto the position of editor-in-chief forall its publications. Carsondedicated her free time to her loveof nature and was not by nature a crusader,but when aerial spraying of DDTkilled the birds in a friend's birdsanctuary, she began to-Key Words-Key Words-Key Words-Key Words-Key Words-----migratory bird - bird thatseasonally relocates from onehabitat or climate to another forfeeding or breeding purposesCopyright: Erich Hartmanninvestigate the effects of pesticideson the chain of life. "Theenvironment" and "ecology" havesince become household words forAmericans, but it all began with herSilent Spring in by the knowledge that thebook was desperately needed, shepored over and combined the workof many individual wrote of the heedlesspesticide poisoning of our riversand soils, warning that we mightsoon face a spring when no birdsongs could be Carson had to weather astorm of controversy and abuse,and she did not live to see theeventual banning of DDT.