Hawk+Mnt.+Q's+and+Data


 * 6A Student Questions **

1. How many differnt species of hawks are there?

2. Do young immature hawks migrate? (first year - born in summer)

3. How many different trails are at hawk mountain?

4. Why are there so many air currents along that particular ridge as opposed to others?

5. Do the hawks like falcons really flap. . . flap. . . glide over hawk mountain or not?

6. I want to know what birds migrating over hawk mountain actually live in Pennsylvania.

7. What other types of hawks migrate beside the usual count? Are there some rare exceptions that come by sometimes?

8. How long does it take an average bird of prey or raptor to migrate?

9. How many different hawks are alive today?

10. Do a lot of hawks die during the migration?

11. I want to know how many hawks have ever passed through hawk mountain?

12. How did the river of rocks form?