HAWKS ARE YOUR FRIENDS _ 
PROTECT THEM 
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‘LIVING MOUSETRAPS’ 
The hawks most commonly shot, such as the red. 
tails on the fence, are the ones that soar in wide 
circles in the sky and perch conspicuously in the 
open. These are the hawks that feed mostly on 
insects and rodents — Isis why they are often 
called “living mousetraps.” 
A JOB FOR EVERY HAWK 
The small creatures that hawks eat breed s¢ 
rapidly that there is an important job for ever) 
hawk to do. If rats, mice, rabbits, squirrels, anc 
gophers are not controlled by hawks, owls ant 
other predators, they sometimes do extensive dam 
doubt that hawk: 
age to agriculture. There can be no 
THE WILDLIFE COMMUNITY 
The smaller long-tailed hawks that feed mostly o1 
small birds are not seen very often because the 
do not soar in circles and usually perch under cove! 
The eating of small birds by hawks is nature’s wa 
of controlling their numbers so as to maintain — 
balanced and therefore healthy wildlife community 
KNOW YOUR HAWKS 
Learn to identify the various hawks in you 
vicinity and observe their food habits. A Minnesot 
farmer reported to the National Audubon Societ 
that, in one day, he watched a red-tailed hawk caf 
ture 32 mice that were turned up while he diske 
his field. He added that all hawks anc owls are pré 
tected on his property, not just in view of their ec¢ 
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