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Birds of Prey

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A few of the words

OSPREY
The osprey has a reversible outer toe, letting it grip a slippery fish with two talons forward and two back — the only raptor built quite that way.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
KESTREL
American kestrels can see ultraviolet light, which lets them track the UV-reflective urine trails of voles through a field below.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
THERMAL
Broad-winged hawks famously stack up in 'kettles' of thousands over the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Pennsylvania each September, riding thermals south.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CONDOR
The California condor has a wingspan that can reach nearly 10 feet — one of the widest of any bird in North America.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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About Garden & Nature

High above the treeline, a red-tailed hawk locks its wings and rides a column of warm air — a thermal — in slow, effortless circles. Below, the backyard feeders belong to the sparrows and finches, but the sky has its own hierarchy: falcons that stoop at breathtaking speed, ospreys that fold and plunge feet-first into open water, bald eagles that drift over the ridge like living weather vanes. Learning to read their silhouettes — broad-winged and buoyant, or swept-back and built for speed — turns any ordinary afternoon into something wilder.

How to play

  1. 1
    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
  2. 2
    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
  3. 3
    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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