Larger Raptor Birds
Part 1
The Peregrine Falcon
"The duck hawk"
The peregrine falcon is the fastest bird in the world. They fly up to( 200mph when stooping. There normal flight speed is 389km/h(242mph).
Peregrine falcon actually means wandering falcon.
This is a crow-sized falcon
They will eat any medium sized prey. For example: they like seagulls, other birds, rabbits, even mice and voles if they are hungry. This falcon has a distinct face and mustache to help identify him/her. When young they are more brown with heavy streaks.
There wingspan is 74-120cm long.
They cry is "we'chew we'chew" or "kek kek kek kek".
The peregrine falcon loves the open country and skies. The can be found along forests or even cities. Peregrine falcons can be found on every continent but Antarctica. In North America however, this once endangered species has made a recovery due to better research on contaminated prey caused from pesticides and chemicals in fields during the 1940-50's. There are currently about 2,000-3,000 nesting pairs in North America.
Peregrine Falcons work together to take care of their young...
They build their nests in the trees...
the rocks...
cliff tops...
and cliff ledges.
And sometimes even in little holes in the cliffs.
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They lay on average two eggs a year. (Note* 1-4)
A peregrine falcon will scrape an indentation with its talons in the earth for each egg. Nests can be found cliff walls, caves and in northern Alaska make a nest on the ground with sticks and other bedding earth material. This truly has been an amazing bird to study and is my favorite bird on the planet.
***Mom Notes***
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