Cam in the Classroom:
Mrs. Matheson
Desert Valley Elementary
Bullhead City, Arizona
Monday, August 25, 2014
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
Okay, I think we're ready.
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Hi, class! Hope school is going well for you today. Glad you are here for our session! Ready to talk about
Grayson?
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
1. We might as well start the year off with: How much does Grayson weigh?
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Grayson weighs 525 grams right now -- which is about 1.1 pounds.
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
2. We were reading Grayson's story and were wondering where the humerus is on her. (well any bird).
Where was her injury located?
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Great question! I'll show you. This is a general bird radiograph (x-ray) with labels:
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Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
You can see that the pink bone is the humerus.
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Here is a radiograph of Grayson:
Amanda Nicholson, WCV
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Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
And the arrow points to the part of her humerus that was injured.
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
So you can see it's in the same area as YOUR humerus -- the bone that is in between your shoulder and
elbow!
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3. What does she look like when she molts?
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Grayson doesn't have a big dramatic molt like some of our education birds. She does molt, but she
doesn't really seem to have any "bad feather days".
Amanda Nicholson, WCV
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
4. We've talked about how Grayson laid an egg (and you found out she's a girl). What did you do with
the egg that she laid? (Chloe)
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
We saved one egg -- and have it on display in our library so that people can see how big a Broad-winged
Hawk's egg is.
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Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
5. Does Grayson eat anything besides mice? Have you ever given her insects? Is so, which ones?
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Grayson primarily eats mice at the Wildlife Center. I'm not sure if our rehab staff has ever tried offering
her a canned insect -- sometimes we do that for some birds, but they like the live things better!
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
7. What did Grayson look like as a baby when she came to WCV?
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
I don't have any photos of her from when she was admitted in June 2010 -- the earliest confirmed photo
I have is this one, when she was being trained:
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Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
By then, she was about 3.5 months old.
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
Did you hear the collective sigh from the class on the egg photo?
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Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
But here is what Broad-winged Hawks look like when they are babies:
Amanda Nicholson, WCV
Image property of The Raptor Center http://www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu/
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
Questions are coming up "Training for what?"
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
To be an education ambassador! Which leads to the next part ...
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8. What are the things on her feet? What are they used for? (Matt, Adan, Lahna)
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
All of our education birds have anklets around their feet -- you can think of these as bracelets. They also
have "jesses" attached to the anklets -- these thin strips of leather help us hold on to the bird so that
they don't fly away when we use them on programs.
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Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Here is a video where I explain what the equipment is -- using Grayson! -- from last year. I think Mrs.
Matheson says you will watch this later!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYtDbRfqtCI
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
6. Do you know when Grayson's birthday (hatchday) is?
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Whoops -- I just realized I'm out of order -- I was missing a question from you guys earlier and I typed it
in a bit late!
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
We don't know when her birthday/hatchday is since she hatched in the wild. But ... in reading the
natural history of Broad-winged Hawks, we can make an educated guess!
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Generally, Broad-winged Hawks hatch in the second week of June (according to the Birds of North
America Online) and they fledge (leave the nest and start flying) about a month or so later.
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Grayson came to us at the end of June in 2010, so our best guess is that she was getting ready to start
flying, but either was pushed from the nest by a sibling, or attempted to fly and that didn't go well!
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
There are some students wishing it was the end of the day!
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
9. Does Grayson have a camera?
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
No ... not yet, anyway! There is no camera in Grayson's enclosure, but maybe we could do that
sometime this year!
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Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
Just to let CN know, we started reading "We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes" last week. (Not today as we'll
watch Grayson's video)
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Fun!!
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Great book.
Comment From dawntye
How is Grayson doing?
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
She's great!
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
We've met Crusher, Gunnar, Speedy, and Rex.
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Maybe the rest of us should re-read!
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
How long does it take Grayson to molt?
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Most of the birds take a month or two for a complete molt -- they don't want to replace every feather at
once!
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
I think that is all our Grayson questions for this time. I'm going to open it up for them to type in.
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Thanks so much for your great questions!
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Amanda Nicholson, WCV
Comment From matt
Hi
Comment From gina rosso
Hi Miss Amanda
Comment From jace mrs.m class room
How’s it going in Virginia?
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Great!
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Comment From adam
Hi Amanda
Comment From dawntye
dawntye Mrs. M good bye :)
Comment From kimberly
how is grayson doing
Comment From michael ms. m
how many ambasaders are there
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
24!
Comment From matt
Hi Amanda
Comment From jace mrs.m class room
cool
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
And the teacher will do a better job handling the time change. Again, I apologize to CN for the mix up.
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
No worries!
Comment From Chloe - Mrs. Matheson
How are you doing
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Great, thank you! How's school?
Comment From matt
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Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
How many joined us and where is everyone from?
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
74 ...
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Comment From matt
hi
Comment From emily
ddo
Comment From jace mrs.m class room
Hows it going in vergina
Comment From gina
how is wilson and pignole edie pogo ruby
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
All good!
From jace mrs.m class room
good
Comment From PAS in NY
Hi there I am from NY
Comment From Denise in IA
Iowa here!
Comment From BarbG
Michigan
Comment From dawntye
wow! miss amanda :)
Comment From Guest
Southern tier on NY here
Comment From Guest
SE Virginia
Comment From Doris
Hi from Virginia Beach, great questions Class!
Comment From gina rosso
we all love grayson.
Comment From Lydia, PA ♥ ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ ♥
Hello Mrs. M's class! I am from south Pennslyviania
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Comment From dawntye
how old is grayson :)
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
4!
Comment From MH in SC
Upstate South Carolina here....
Comment From Dolo in RI
Rhode Island...great class!
Comment From cody
Hi how is Grayson doing to day in the encloser
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Good. I went out and said hi earlier!
Comment From Chloe - Mrs. Matheson
Do you like it at the Wild life center
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Yes!
Comment From Hummingbird
Maryland here!
Comment From jace mrs.m class room
ur AWSOME mrs amanda
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Well thank you! You guys had great questions!
Comment From gina rosso
we are learning about grayson
Comment From matt
Is gus stil there
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Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Yes!
Comment From MH in SC
Good Luck students...you have a great teacher and opportunity to learn so much this year..
Comment From jace mrs.m class room
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This was a WONDERFUL session! As always, our kids learned so much, but most of all the deep
appreciation of all of nature's remarkable creatures. Thanks so much!
Comment From Moses
Who long dose it take grayson to grow up in to an adult
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Grayson might ask the same of us humans! :)
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
Did you get our Top Ten reasons we want to be broad winged hawks?
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Yes! and, Grayson got some mail!
Comment From dawntye
how is ruby doing
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Great!
Comment From kimberly
how is wilson
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Doing well!
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Comment From cody
GRAYSON IS A GOOD IN BASITOR
Comment From adam
How many year have you ban working thaer
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
I have been here for 13 years!
Comment From kimberly
hi miss amanda
Comment From jeromy from ms.matheson class
hi ms.amanda,how are you doing.
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Hhi!
Comment From jace mrs.m class room
do u got any picture before we leave
Amanda Nicholson, WCV
Comment From Chloe - Mrs. Matheson
bye
Comment From Seahawk Nadine-U.P.,WA
Thanks for all the great questions today Mrs M's class. I loved seeing the pictures as well.
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Comment From Sweetpea
Charleston, South Carolina
Comment From Doris
I just downloaded We can't all be rattlesnakes to my kindle app for IPad.
Comment From cody
good by GRAYSON AND AMANDA
Comment From Mrs. Mathesons 4th grade
Time to go and work on multi step word problems and DMS (daily math skills). Thank you, Miss Amanda!
Amanda Nicholson, WCV:
Thanks so much for your great questions! Enjoy the video later!
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