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Cinnabon Raises More Than $56,000 for Troops Overseas
Bakery Franchise Partners With Operation Gratitude to Help Deliver Care Packages
December 19, 2012 // Franchising.com // Atlanta, GA – After a month-long campaign to raise money for troops overseas, Cinnabon Inc. raised more than $56,000 through a partnership with Operation Gratitude® as part of its third annual "Hugs from Home" campaign to send care packages to the military.
Throughout the month of October, guests who visited Cinnabon bakeries showed their support for this heart-warming cause by making donations. For every $1 contribution, guests received a $1 Cinnabon® coupon. Cinnabon also made a $1 donation to Operation Gratitude for every foursquare® check-in at a bakery. Since the partnership started in 2010, Cinnabon has raised a total of $160,000 for Operation Gratitude.
"Operation Gratitude care packages are an expression of enormous respect and appreciation for those who voluntarily put themselves in harm's way to protect our freedom," said Carolyn Blashek, founder and president of Operation Gratitude. "This substantial donation from Cinnabon will enable us to send more than 3,700 care packages this month."
Cinnabon teamed up with Operation Gratitude to send care packages that included Cinnabon Cream of Wheat™ from B&G Foods®, Cinnabon kettle roasted nuts from Mellace Family Brands® and Johnvince Foods®, and other goodies.
"We're so proud to work with an organization that supports our troops overseas," said Cinnabon President Kat Cole. "Our franchise partners, bakery managers and crew members look forward to this fundraiser all year, and we're proud of the support we received from our guests this October."
For more information about the Hugs from Home promotion or to learn more about Operation Gratitude, please visit www.facebook.com/Cinnabon or www.OperationGratitude.com.
About Cinnabon, Inc.
Founded in Seattle in 1985 and now based in Atlanta, Cinnabon, Inc. is the market leader among cinnamon roll bakeries. The company serves fresh, aromatic, oven-hot cinnamon rolls, as well as a variety of other baked goods and specialty beverages. Cinnabon currently operates more than 1,000 franchised locations worldwide, primarily in high traffic venues such as shopping malls, airports, train stations, travel plazas, entertainment centers and military establishments. Cinnabon is also a multi-channel licensor, partnering with other companies to provide brand licensed products at foodservice and retail venues. Visit www.cinnabon.com for more information, follow us on Twitter @Cinnabon or become a Facebook fan at http://www.facebook.com/Cinnabon.
About Operation Gratitude
Operation Gratitude annually sends 100,000+ care packages filled with snacks, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation addressed to individually named U.S. Service Members deployed in harm's way, to their children left behind, and to Veterans, Emergency First Responders and Wounded Warriors. The organization's mission is to lift morale, bring a smile to a service member's face and express to our Military and their families the appreciation and support of the American people. Each package contains donated product valued at $75-100 and costs the organization $15 to assemble and ship. For safety and security, assembling of packages occurs at the Army National Guard armory in Van Nuys, California. Since its inception in 2003, Operation Gratitude volunteers have shipped more than 900,000 packages to American Military members and their children. For more information: www.OperationGratitude.com; @OpGratitude on Twitter and www.facebook.com/OperationGratitude
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You always shoot in natural light, you know how it works, where to look for the good light, and how to get the results you want. Isn't photographing kids hard enough without having to mess with even more gear? Learning to use flash can feel like trying to learn photography all over again. It's easy to get overwhelmed and quit before you discover the benefits that having complete control of your lighting gives you.
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The type of light you choose to write with is a selection process, much like the painter choosing which paint to use. Your lighting "palette" might include the natural-light source of the sun, or a flash, such as a studio strobe or speedlight. It's as simple, and as complicated, as that.
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The servlet uses the value to determine how to process the form data.
The last input field on the form is used to scan item numbers using a barcode
scanner. My problem is the scanner always adds a return/enter character at
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I've found a way to supress the enter character using javascript. The user
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to submit the form. The users of the sytem (who process hundreds of items
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For about a day this week, a billboard featuring a mugshot of the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, loomed over the Eisenhower Expressway in Maywood, posing a question to drivers cruising toward the city:
"I still believe in Global Warming," the electronic sign said in large red letters. "Do you?"
The ad, paid for by The Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based group, was to be the first in a series of billboards equating those who believe in global warming with infamous figures — including Fidel Castro and Charles Manson — who have allegedly expressed the same belief, according to the institute.
But the Unabomber billboard, which first appeared Thursday, lasted only 24 hours.
Facing a barrage of criticism from both its supporters and opponents, the institute canceled the campaign but refused to apologize for running the ad.
"We know that our billboard angered and disappointed many of Heartland's friends and supporters, but we hope they understand what we were trying to do with this experiment," the institute's president, Joseph Bast, said in a statement. "We do not apologize for running the ad, and we will continue to experiment with ways to communicate the 'realist' message on the climate."
Future billboards might also have featured Osama bin Laden and James J. Lee, who was shot and killed by police in 2010 when he took hostages at the Discovery Channel's headquarters in Maryland, according to the institute.
The institute said on its website that it decided to feature these "rogues and villains" in its ads because "what these murderers and madmen have said differs very little from what spokespersons for the United Nations, journalists for the 'mainstream' media, and liberal politicians say about global warming."
Among the critics of the Unabomber billboard was U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., who threatened to cancel his speech at the institute's climate change conference later this month in Chicago if the group did not pull the ad.
Sensenbrenner plans to deliver his speech now that the campaign has been canceled, and "wants to get back to focusing on the issues because we can win this debate without the name calling," his spokeswoman, Amanda Infield, said in an email.
Sensenbrenner opposed the ad because "this type of name calling did more to distract from the issues at hand than advance a positive dialogue," Infield said.
In announcing the Unabomber billboard on Thursday, Bast said in a statement that "the leaders of the global warming movement have one thing in common: They are willing to use force and fraud to advance their fringe theory."
When the ad was canceled the next day, Bast defended it as an experiment that succeeded in getting people's attention.
"This billboard was deliberately provocative, an attempt to turn the tables on the climate alarmists by using their own tactics but with the opposite message," he said in another statement.
A spokesman for the institute, which says its mission "is to discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems," has not yet responded today to a request for an interview with Bast.
The dispute over the billboard isn't the first time this year that The Heartland Institute has been embroiled in controversy stemming from the often contentious debate over global warming.
Peter Gleick, a noted scientist and environmental activist who is president of the California-based Pacific Institute, admitted in February that he assumed a false identity to obtain and distribute internal documents from the institute about its efforts to influence the debate over the severity of climate change.
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Column: Peyton Manning's legacy hurt by Super Bowl rout
EAST RUTHERFORD N.J. - Conventional wisdom suggested Super Bowl XLVIII had no bearing on the illustrious legacy Peyton Manning has crafted over his brilliant career.
Already a Super Bowl winner and five-time MVP and multiple record-holder and future Hall of Famer, Manning's standing was secure no matter what unfolded Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
Win or lose, Manning has climbed so high he is virtually above it all.
But some things are too egregious to overlook.
And some performances are so flagrant, they warrant a closer look.
Especially when they occur on the biggest stage in American sports.
The Denver Broncos' utter meltdown in a 43-8 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, and Manning's hand in the disaster, are too conspicuous to write off as a non factor in his career.
He doesn't get a free pass after throwing two terrible interceptions and turning the ball over three times.
Or leading the Broncos to just one measly touchdown in a game that was supposed to crown his career, not force us to reexamine it.
"We needed to play really well in order to win, and we didn't come anywhere close to that," Manning said.
And he fell as short as anyone with his three turnovers and just 280 yards passing on a deceiving 34 of 49 passing.
In retrospect we should have realized what a bad fit the Seahawks fast, vicious defense was for Manning. He's never been the most fleet of foot, and any mobility he did have has slowly eroded over his long career.
The Seahawks wisely deduced the best way to slow down the Broncos top-ranked offense was to attack Manning. Get in his face, force him off his spots and make him operate on the move rather than allow him to sit back and cut up the defense.
"We knew we weren't going to sack him every play, but the plan was to make him as uncomfortable as possible," said Seahawks defensive tackle Brandon Mebane said.
That's not a novel idea. Everyone understands that's how you beat Manning. Has been even back in college when the speed and physicality of Florida befuddled Manning and his Tennessee Volunteers.
And that was before age took hold and the effects of four neck surgeries,
But there is a difference in knowing it and being able to execute it. The Seahawks, just as those Gators could years ago, had the power and quickness to overwhelm the Broncos at the line of scrimmage, and the speed and toughness to defend them on the back end. With their front end complementing their back end, the Seahawks could rush Manning out of the pocket. And with the back end holding up its bargain, Manning didn't have the option of making a pre-snap read and flicking the ball so quickly to an open receiver.
Instead, he had to buy time with his legs.
And when that's demanded of Manning, bad things typically follow.
"Give Seattle a lot of credit, they are an excellent football team and they caused a lot of our mistakes," Manning said.
We get that, which is why it would be unfair to heep all the blame on him for a Broncos meltdown that had us harkening back to some of the worst performances in Super Bowl history.
Manning's mobility issues, the Seahawks defensive dominance and the Broncos inability to counter it at the line of scrimmage were as bad a concoction imaginable for one of the greatest quarterbacks of his generation.
Especially on a night when Manning's young counterpart, Russell Wilson, played as poised as he did, and the electrifying Percy Harvin was as remarkable as he was and the Seahawks speed and moxie were so obvious.
Simply put, this was a horrible matchup for the Broncos.
Why it took us all the way to Super Bowl Sunday to figure that out is astounding.
But there is a reason we missed what is now so obvious.
And his name is Peyton Manning.
His greatness would balance things out.
The best of the best have that ability.
Which is why we look on Manning a bit differently today.
And why the Broncos collapse falls squarely on his shoulders.
The great ones find a way, even when all roads appear closed.
The extraordinary ones figure out an answer, they lift their teams out of harm's way.
The best ones prevail, even in adverse surroundings.
They don't flop, like Manning did Sunday.
And they certainly don't bury their team in a 22-0 hole by throwing two first-half interceptions, one that former USC standout and Super Bowl MVP Malcolm Smith returned for a 69-yard touchdown and the other that set up a one-yard touchdown pass to Marshawn Lynch.
"We certainly didn't want to do that," Manning said. "We wanted to keep the game on the field and keep the score even."
They did anything but.
All of it falls on Manning, who looked about as comfortable as Mitt Romney in a break-dancing contest as the Seahawks forced him off his spot and made him operate on the move.
The results were predictable in retrospect but astounding in real time.
Manning's deep throws were conspicuously off mark, sailed on him or were tipped.
The ones he did complete, especially early on, were insignificant. A dump off here and a short pass there. His 17 of 23 passing in the first half was deceiving, accounting for just 104 yards. The two back-breaking interceptions dragged his quarterback rating to a dismal 46.3.
And the Seahawks led 22-0.
Given the task of navigating his team to safety, Manning didn't just sink with the rest of his mates, he pretty much sailed the ship right into the iceberg.
"We weren't sharp offensively from the get go," he said.
And it's impossible ignore such an glaring performance when pondering Manning's legacy.
Especially when stacked atop his previous playoffs failures, including a loss to the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV which included a pick-six interception in the closing minutes.
If his career ended today, it will be one defined more by statistics than championships.
Yes, he has a Super Bowl victory.
But a quarterback as illustrious as Manning is expected to do more.
In the final analysis, he will be remembered for individual brilliance that didn't always result in team greatness.
Much like his record-setting performance on Sunday, in which he actually set a new mark for pass completions in a Super Bowl, something didn't quite add up.
In one of the more deplorable Super Bowl losses in years, Manning set a new record.
Are we really surprised anymore?


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Board seeks information about jet and health
Military documents show the F-35 won't compromise health
Arguments for and against basing the F-35 in Vermont have surrounded real estate, the economy and the military -- but what about health?
The Burlington Board of Health heard from experts Tuesday night as they try to tackle the subject. The board was asked by the public to submit their recommendation to City Council, a board member said.
"We're talking about an honor for the guard, at the possible expense of the health and cognitive development of 7,000 to 9,000 people," said Catherine Kirby.
"You have very little to no information on the impacts that you would want to know about," said Les Blomberg, the director of Noise Clearinghouse, an organization whose mission is to educate the public about noise pollution.
According to critics, the military's study on environmental impacts for basing the fighter jet in Vermont does not take into account health.
But, the air guard said the study does say there is no scientific basis claiming potential health effects exist by basing the planes in Vermont.
The statement surrounds the 65 DNL zone. An area where the day-night average sound level exceeds 65 decibels is considered by OSHA and the FAA as uninhabitable.
A 65 DNL zone already surrounds Burlington International Airport where the air guard is based. It would change with a new plane, the guard said. Many airports located in populated areas also have 65 DNL zones, the guard said Tuesday.
According to the military, the F-35 has a louder engine than its predecessor, but will not necessarily be louder if based here. That's because the F-16 takes off with a loud afterburner, while the F-35 does not necessarily need the afterburner boost, the guard said.
The military is looking to bring 18-24 jets to Vermont if it is based here.
Dr. Mark Gorman from the University of Vermont said studies show added noise has shown to create increased anxiety and stress in humans. That added anxiety, doctors said, can lead to high blood pressure, disturbance in sleep and greater risk for stroke.
Experts also cited a 2011 World Health Organization study that found increase traffic and airport noise caused disturbances in sleep and concentration, and increased rise for cardiovascular disease. The study said noise levels higher than 60 db could cause these health issues near an airport, therefore people already living near commercial traffic and the F-16 based at the air guard station hear these noise levels.
The guard said it stands by the environment impact study, disputing a belief that health will be compromised, adding its belief that there will not be additional noise, and, there could be a decrease in noise than currently emitted from the F-16.
Those in the health field also added living near airports in general can cause health issues because of the added noise.
The guard said it can make changes to how it flies planes, if the F-35 does come to South Burlington.
"We have the procedures here in how we fly the airplanes," said Lt. Col. Luke Ahmann of the guard. "Whether we turn right out of traffic, or left out of traffic, or to climb at a quicker pace is determined by the leadership here. We do have control to be able to change that."
Ahmann added the guard worked with a school in Winooski to change flight patterns.
A board member said members will take Tuesday's testimony and minutes from a previous public forum in its resolution to City Council.
The final version of the environmental impact statement is scheduled to be released in January, the guard said.
A decision on whether to base the planes in Vermont is expected in February. If the project gets the green light, the planes could be in South Burlington in 2020.


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Best Western Opens First Hotel In Kazakhstan
08 Feb, 2013, 23:08 GMT
-- BEST WESTERN PLUS Atakent Park Hotel in Almaty
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, Feb. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Best Western International, the World's Biggest Hotel Family®, continues its global expansion with the addition of the brand's first hotel in Kazakhstan, the BEST WESTERN PLUS Atakent Park Hotel, in the country's largest city, Almaty.
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The four-star BEST WESTERN PLUS Atakent Park Hotel is newly constructed and has 196 rooms with 23 suites and conference and meeting space to accommodate up to 500. Hotel amenities include climate control rooms, mini-bar, safe, international direct dial telephone, free Wi-Fi and a gym and spa. Guests will enjoy dining in the hotel's full service restaurant Bastau, serving a menu of traditional Kazakh and European cuisines for breakfast, lunch and dinner, or relaxing in the Nomad Lobby Bar.
The BEST WESTERN PLUS Atakent Park Hotel is located in the center of Almaty, close to the business and financial districts, 30 minutes from Almaty International Airport and 10 minutes from the Republic Square. The hotel is part of the biggest exhibition complex in Almaty -- Atakent Exhibition Centre.
"We are happy to announce the opening of the BEST WESTERN PLUS Atakent Park Hotel in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Whether our guests are staying with us for business or leisure, we look forward to providing a superior guest experience and exceeding our guests expectations with our Four-star hotel, service and amenities," said the hotel's owner, Mr. Talgat Abdullayev.
Kazakhstan is part of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), an organization of former republics of the Soviet Union. As part of a concerted effort to establish a footprint in this promising region, the company has also opened six Best Western branded hotels in the CIS countries of Russia, Ukraine and Moldova.
"This hotel represents a significant move forward in our development efforts in the CIS. We are both delighted and proud of the BEST WESTERN PLUS Atakent Park Hotel as our entry into Kazakhstan and look forward to establishing the brand further throughout the country and region," added Best Western's Vice President of International Operations Suzi Yoder.
For more information on global development opportunities with Best Western International, please visit bestwesterndevelopers.com.
To learn more about this hotel or discover other Best Western hotels across the world, visit www.bestwestern.com.
Pictures of the BEST WESTERN PLUS Atakent Park Hotel are available to download.
Best Western International, Inc., headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz., is a privately held hotel brand made up of more than 4,000* BEST WESTERN®, BEST WESTERN PLUS® and BEST WESTERN PREMIER® hotels in more than 100* countries and territories worldwide. Now celebrating 67 years of hospitality, Best Western welcomes hundreds of thousands of guests nightly. Best Western provides its hoteliers with global operational, sales, marketing and promotional support, and online and mobile booking capabilities. More than 15 million travelers are members of the brand's award-winning loyalty program Best Western Rewards®, one of the few programs in which members earn points that never expire and can be redeemed at any Best Western hotel worldwide. The brand's partnerships with AAA/CAA, race car driver Michael Waltrip, and Harley-Davidson® provide travelers with exciting ways to interact with the brand. In 2012, Best Western won a record number of awards, including AAA's Hotel Partner of the Year, CAA's Partner of the Year and Compuware's Best of the Web Gold awards.
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A team of state inspectors will arrive at Ghost Town in the Sky amusement park on Monday, May 18, in hopes of getting the rides and chairlift certified for the anticipated opening day of May 22.
Ghost Town barely made the cut-off for requesting an inspection in time to open, and will leave the state inspectors pushed to get it done time.
"To be honest it is going to be a really tough week for us," said Jonathan Brooks, chief of the N.C. Elevator & Amusement Device Bureau.
Brooks will dedicate a team of five or six inspectors to Ghost Town for the week. The chairlift will be most time consuming, with inspectors physically assessing all 105 chairs, the structural integrity of the support towers and the mechanical functions that run the chair lift. They will also witness the evacuation procedure. The 10 rides on top of the mountain will take less time.
"Barring that we don't have any unforeseen issues, I feel fairly comfortable with our guys on those rides for a week, the chances are pretty good," Brooks said of getting the inspections done in time.
Ghost Town has also requested a ride inspection of the roller coaster, which has been out of operation while being rebuilt. The coaster inspection is far more involved.
"It will be a tough, tough haul to get the coaster done. I professionally don't see it happening by opening day," Brooks said. It could be done by the following weekend, however, if all goes well and nothing needs fixing or altering.
Some steps in the chairlift and coaster inspection have already been checked off. The chairlift cable has already been certified, as well as aspects of the roller coaster car, including the lap restraint system. The train car is still at the manufacturers in Tennessee, where testing was being conducted, but should arrive at the park by week's end, Brooks said. Some portions of the track inspection have been completed by a private ride engineer and is supposed to be in the mail to Brooks.
Maggie Valley aldermen will hold a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 14, on whether to loan Ghost Town $200,000. The amusement park is currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.


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LOS ANGELES, April 6 (UPI) -- Jeff Carter provided a goal and an assist and Jonathan Quick made 23 saves Saturday, propelling Los Angeles over Edmonton 4-1.
Carter helped out on Mike Richard's tally just 1:38 into the game and then added his owner power-play goal later in the first period for a 2-0 Los Angeles lead.
Quick stopped nine shots in the first period while improving to 13-11-3 on the season for the Kings, who hold the fourth playoff seed in the Western Conference.
Slava Voynov and Drew Doughty each added a goal in the win.
Magnus Paajarvi scored and Devan Dubnyk made 35 saves for the Oilers, who remained three points out of a Western Conference post-season slot.


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Bedford 80824 Heavy Duty fully welded Extra Aide Cabinet. The Bedford 80824 is a 1800H x 1200W x 600D steel cabinet with an Extra Wide double door for easy access and security. This model also has 3 heavy duty shelves.
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Now Prableen's blog about Friday's massacre has become an Internet sensation. "I had a guardian angel," writes Prableen, vice chairperson of the Oslo division the Norwegian Labour Party's youth wing. Hundreds have posted messages comforting her.
On Sunday, Prableen and her family — father Malkeet Singh, a cab driver from Patiala, mother, brother and sister — offered prayers at the local Gurdwara in Oslo. The teenager is at home now, recovering from the nightmare, her father told HT.
In a country that is home to some 5,000 Sikhs, a second Indian-origin teenager, Pratap Singh, 15, also survived the massacre.
When a bomb exploded at the Labour party office in Oslo, killing seven people, Prableen wrote in her blog, "We comforted one another that we were safe on an island. No-one knew that hell would break out among us as well."
Then shots ran out in Utoeya. "I saw him shoot. Everyone began to run. The first thought was, 'Why is the police shooting at us? What the hell?!'"
The teenagers ran into a room as Breivik continued to shoot and jumped out of a window. She spotted her best friend through the window but couldn't get to him. She "saw the fear in his eyes."
They ran into the woods, stopping only to help the injured as they made their way down to the lake Tyrifjorden that surrounds the island, 40 km from Oslo. Crouching behind a brick wall along with others, she prayed, cried and called her family and friends from her mobile phone.
"A man came. 'I am from the police'." Someone shouted back that he had to prove it, and the killer started to shoot. "He reloaded. Shot more. He shot those around me. I remained lying. I thought: 'Now it is over. He is here."
Prableen lay there for an hour, buried under dead bodies.
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Improvements to existing sequences and creation of new sequences for newly discovered and previously known variables continues at a brisk pace. Below is a list of new or revised sequences adopted since April 4, 2013.
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The AAVSO Binocular Program consists of 153 stars in the northern and southern hemispheres. They are mostly semi-regulars and Miras, with a few other types sprinkled in. Most of the stars range between 3.0 and 9.5V and can be observed best using simple hand held binoculars.


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Identifying Peregrine Falcons
Five different species of falcon have been observed in Indiana. Gyrfalcons and prairie falcons have only rarely been seen, while a few merlins migrate through the state annually. The other two species, the peregrine falcon and the American kestrel are more common and both nest in the state. Falcons are built for speed, having streamlined bodies, pointed wings and long tails.
If you see a hawk-like small to medium sized bird in your backyard, it is probably a Cooper's hawk or a sharp-shinned hawk. These birds are occasionally found in backyard areas that boast healthy songbird populations. Both perch in trees and move swiftly through trees and bushes.
The Cooper's hawk is similar in size (crow size) and coloring to the peregrine falcon, but a peregrine falcon would not be in a backyard looking for food. Peregrines use a high perch from which to swoop down on birds flying below. A peregrine's dive reaches 200 mph and they hunt in open, tree-less areas. They are most likely to be seen in downtown areas of Indiana's largest cities, along Lake Michigan, and along rivers and lakes during migration.
In addition, the Cooper's hawk and sharp-shinned hawk do not have the distinctive "moustache" that the falcons have on their face.
Peregrine Falcon
The Peregrine falcon is 15-20 inches tall with a 38-44 inch wingspan, about the size of a crow.
Adults have a distinctive dark hood and "side burns" running down from the eyes. The back and wings are blue-gray, the throat white, and the breast is white to buff with gray barring.
Immatures are dark brown in color with a buffy feather edging. The hood and moustache are less distinctive than in the adult. The breast is brown with heavy streaking.
Peregrine falcons feed on medium-sized birds including pigeons, doves, blue jays, and starlings.
Many peregrine falcons in the Midwest, including the chicks, are equipped with identification bands on their legs. One legband is usually purple, while the other is black and green or black and red with a letter/number combination.
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American Kestrel
The American kestrel is a small blue jay sized bird, and is typically 9-12 inches long with a 20-24.5 inch wingspan. Kestrels have a short neck with a large, bullet-like head. The head has a black and white pattern along the cheeks with a dark vertical line (also called a moustache) running down from each eye. Two spots on the back of the head may appear to be eyes. There is a patch of rust on the top of the head. American kestrels have a reddish-brown back and tail. Males have blue-gray wings, while females have brown wings.
American kestrel feed on large insects, small rodents (bats, mice), and birds.
Kestrels, Indiana's smallest falcon, are found in agricultural areas, forest edges, and also in urban and suburban areas. They are cavity nesters and it is not unusual to find them nesting in the eaves of houses and other buildings.
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Cooper's Hawk
The Cooper's hawk is a slim-bodied hawk with short, rounded wings. About the size of a peregrine falcon, this hawk is 14-21 inches long and has a 27 - 36 inch wingspan.
The adult Cooper's hawk has a dark blue-gray back and wings. The top of this hawk's head is dark with the throat and breast with rust-colored barring.
The tail is usually rounded with four or more blackish bars, while the eyes are yellow to deep red. An immature Cooper's hawk has brown back and wings and a white breast with brown streaking.
Cooper's hawks eat birds and small mammals.
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Sharp-shinned Hawk
The sharp-shinned hawk is a slim-bodied hawk with short, rounded wings. The hawk is similar in size to an American kestrel. It is 10-14 inches long and has a 20-27 inch wingspan.
The sharp-shinned hawk looks just like a Cooper's hawk, only smaller. Along with size, the other main difference is the tail - the sharp-shinned's tail also has blackish bars, but it is shorter and square at the end.
The sharp-shinned hawk feeds mostly on small birds. Both the Cooper's and sharp-shinned hawk favor wooded and brushy areas.
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