We thoroughly enjoyed the Peregrine Falcon presentation and here are the reasons why.  Everybody liked Oscar when he tried to nip Maya's finger.  We also learned about DDT which is a pesticide.  Oscar kept bobbing his head up and down which was cool and funny.  We didn't have to work until the end of the day.  Oscar's eyelids are clear so he can see while he dives down to strike his prey.  He has taps in his nostrils so that when he dives he doesn't suffer brain damage.  Both of these features are fascinating.  It is very neat how Oscar can see in colour because most birds see in black and white.  These are some of the reasons we enjoyed the Peregrine Falcon presentation.

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Today we watched an excellent presentation in our school's library.  We also saw an interesting video.  The female handler was humorous, polite and well-informed.  She explained things in a way that we could understand.  We liked her!

Oscar was cool!  He was well trained and well behaved.  It was "neat" that he could turn and bob his head like he did.  We also liked when he fluffed himself and spread his wings.

We had been given a presentation in our classroom (by our teacher) just before going to the library.  However, we learned a lot of new things such as:  the effects of DDT, why peregrines live in Toronto, that birds have hollow wings and peregrines get calcium from eating other birds' bones, that falcons are the fastest animals on earth, that peregrines have baffles in their nostrils and immovable eyes.  It was extremely informative!

We would like to thank you for the presentation as we were very impressed with it.  Hopefully Oscar and his handler can visit our school again.

Sincerely,

All of the students in 5/6R