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"'t Haantje may refer to: * 't Haantje, Drenthe, a small village in of Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands * 't Haantje, North Brabant, a hamlet in the municipality of Steenbergen, North Brabant, Netherlands * 't Haantje, Overijssel, a hamlet in the municipality of Hardenberg, Overijssel, Netherlands "
"The fifth USS Eagle served in the United States Navy from 1898–1919, and saw action in the Spanish–American War and service during World War I. Eagle, a yacht, was built in 1890 as Almy by Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware; purchased by the Navy on 2 April 1898 and renamed Eagle; and commissioned three days later, Lieutenant William Henry Hudson Southerland in command. Service history Spanish–American War Eagle sailed from New York on 17 April 1898 for duty with the North Atlantic Squadron on blockade and dispatch duty in Cuban waters. On 29 June, she shelled the Spanish battery at Rio Honda and on 12 July captured the Spanish merchantman Santo Domingo. Eagle returned to Norfolk on 22 August to be fitted out for surveying duty, her principal employment through the remainder of her naval service. She compiled new charts and corrected existing ones for the waters surrounding Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Haiti. Pre-World War I Troubled conditions throughout the Caribbean often interrupted Eagles surveying duty and she gave varied service in protecting American interests. She patrolled off Haiti in January–February 1908 and again in November and December and off Nicaragua in December 1909. In June 1912, she transported Marines to Santiago de Cuba and Siboney to protect American lives and property during a rebellion in Cuba, and continued to investigate conditions and serve as base ship for the Marines until 1914. She also had gunboat duty with a cruiser squadron during the Haiti operation of July 1915-March 1916, and was commended by the Secretary of the Navy for her creditable performance of widely varied duty. She then remained off Haiti to conduct surveys. World War I With American entry into World War I, Eagle returned to Cuban waters. She was attached to American Patrol Detachment, Atlantic Fleet, and throughout 1917–1918 was continually on patrol off Cuba, Santo Domingo, and the southern coast of the United States. From Key West, Florida, where she arrived on 3 April 1918, she patrolled the Florida Straits and after the end of the war operated on target practice, and tactical exercises and maneuvers. From 7 January – 15 March 1919, she made a cruise to Cuban ports and along the Gulf coast before being detached from the American Patrol Detachment on 28 April. Eagle left Key West the following day for Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was decommissioned there on 23 May and sold on 3 January 1920. References * Category:Gunboats of the United States Navy Category:Ships built by Harlan and Hollingsworth Category:1890 ships Category:Sailing yachts built in the United States "
"Ridgway's hawk (Buteo ridgwayi) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, native to the island of Hispaniola. It was named after the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway. It is a brownish-grey bird with barred tail and underparts. It feeds mainly on reptiles, but also consumes small birds and mammals. It nests high in a tree in spring. Populations of this bird have been declining because of habitat destruction and human persecution in the Dominican Republic and is classified as "critically endangered". Description This is a medium-sized, compact hawk, 36–41 cm long. The adult has brown-grey upperparts, greyish barred underparts with a reddish-brown wash, rufous-tinged thighs and a black-and-white barred tail. The male is greyer than the female. The legs and base of bill are yellow. This bird feeds on small mammals, birds, lizards and snakes. It nests in the crowns of tall trees, with nest-building in February and March and egg-laying in March and April. Distribution The Ridgway's hawk's original breeding range includes Haiti and the Dominican Republic (which make up the island of Hispaniola) and some of the adjacent isles and keys. However, sightings are much more common in the Dominican Republic. Status This bird is critically endangered due to clearance of its forest habitat and persecution by local farmers, who claim that the species preys upon their domestic fowl. Conservationists have countered that poultry is nothing more than a minor element of their diet and that the Ridgway's Hawk has a highly varied prey base, though reptiles comprise up to 90% of its diet. It has an estimated population of 80-120 pairs, making it, along with the bay-breasted cuckoo (Coccyzus rufigularis), the most threatened bird of Hispaniola. It is thought the population has been reduced to nothing more than around 400 individuals. The only known surviving redoubt is the Los Haitises National Park and the surrounding wilderness of the north-western Dominican Republic. This bird is named after the ornithologist Robert Ridgway. References * Sociedad Ornitológica de la Hispaniola. Proyecto de Educación para la Conservación del Gavilán de la Hispaniola. Retrieved on 6 February 2007. * The Peregrine Fund. West Indies Project--Conservation Projects. Retrieved on 6 February 2007. Detailed info of on-going field studies. * Wildlife Preservation Trust Canada. Threatened Species of the Dominican Republic Progress Report 2005. External links *BirdLife Species Factsheet. *Ridgway's Hawk videos, images and sounds on the Internet Bird Collection *Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Neotropical Birds Ridgway's hawk Category:Endemic birds of the Caribbean Category:Endemic birds of Hispaniola Category:Birds of Hispaniola Category:Birds of the Dominican Republic Ridgway's hawk Ridgway's hawk "