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Dept. of Biological Sciences Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY 41099 |
Office phone: (859) 572-5415 Dept. FAX: (859) 572-5639 e-mail: SPROAT@NKU.EDU |
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Student Support Items
Looking for review
materials?
College
Survival Skills
BIO
120 - General Biology BIO
150 - Introduction to Biology I ENV
110/195 - Introduction to Environmental Science
BIO
421 - Mammalogy
BIO 694 - Zoology
for Teachers
BIO 494/GLY 341 - Soil Science
Looking for research
opportunities
in animal behavior or animal ecology? Go
here! 
Want more information about
the
Department of Biological Sciences at Northern? Go
here!
Biology Outreach Program (BIOSE)
Looking for ideas or support for P-12 biology
classes?
Check out the BIOSE web site. Go
here!
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Program?
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here!
Some Sproat Stuff
My research interests have typically focused on
animal
behavior and ecology. At my research site in eastern Kentucky, we
often wake up in the morning to views like this (but without the people
on the hill).
Want to learn more about it? Check out the
"Looking
for research opportunities..." link above under Student Support Items.
I've always been interested in are birds of prey
(raptors).
I think this image, "Peregrine Falcon in Flight" by Thomas
D. Mangelsen, is especially good.
How fast can a Peregrine
Falcon
dive?
Well, the terminal velocity (the
fastest
speed of a free falling object) for a human being is about 187 mph.
Click
here to see what happens when a skydiving falconer takes his falcon
with
him.
(Linked photo: by Norman Kent. June 1999.
PARACHUTIST
magazine. Falconer: Ken Frankin flying with "Frightful.")