HawkTalks Have you ever seen a raptor in the sky and wondered what it was? Improve your raptor identification skills at HawkTalks! Offered in partnership with the Salt Lake City Public Library System, HawkTalks is a six-week series that will sharpen your skills. In the end, you'll be spotting the raptors in your neighborhood, and calling them by name!  

Week one: Introduction

Week two: Falcons, Osprey and Vultures

Week three: Accipiters

Week four: Buteos

Week five: Eagles

Week six: Owls and Harriers

Day Riverside Library August 7, 14, 21, 28, Sept 4, 11, 2008.  All programs begin at 7:00 pm.

Chapman Library January 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb 5, 12, 2009.  All programs begin at 7:00 pm.

Day Riverside Library April 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28, 2009.  All programs begin at 7:00 pm.

Sprague Library July 9, 16, 23, 30, 6, 13, 2009.  All programs begin at 7:00 pm.

Anderson-Foothill September 3, 10, 17, 24, 1, 8, 2009.  All progams begin at 7:00 pm. 

HawkWatch International thanks the voters of Salt Lake County for their support of the Zoo, Arts and Parks Program.  One-tenth of one percent of the Salt Lake County sales tax goes to support local cultural, botanical and zoological organizations.  ZAP funding helps to provide this program, free of charge, to the public.

Bring HawkTalks to your community! If you are interested in bringing the HawkTalk series to a venue near you, call our education department at (800)726-HAWK extension 107.