A bird of prey : the red-tailed hawk
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Examines the life cycle of a red-tailed hawk. Shows the physical qualities that help the hawk to survive. Establishes the importance of the red-tailed hawk in maintaining ecological balance. Conveys the reasons for the hawk’s decline in numbers.
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Registered 30May72 · MP23068 (Jul-Dec 1972) Copyright holder: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp
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, Examines the life cycle of the hawk and establishes the importance of the hawk in maintaining the ecological balance., Examines the life cycle of the red-tailed hawk, establishes the importance of the hawk in maintaining the ecological balance, and emphasizes why it and other birds of prey should be preserved. Shows how the hawk uses its talons, beak, and eyes to capture its prey and observes the hatching and feeding of the young. Records the hawk's natural predator, the raccoon, climbing up to the hawk's nest to steal one of the hawk's eggs.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, length, format, color, sound, genre, catalog record
- U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright
- 16mm Filmography editors — creator, description
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