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The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the peregrine, [3] is a cosmopolitan bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head. The peregrine is renowned for its speed.
Three juvenile peregrine falcons in their nest box atop Sather Tower at the University of California, Berkeley. Between 2017 and 2021, Annie and Grinnell raised a total of thirteen chicks, [16] twelve of which successfully fledged. One, named Lux, died shortly after leaving the nest site by hitting a window. [17]
The streaking is lighter than in the juvenile peregrine falcon. The call is a high-pitched "rek-rek-rek". The Barbary falcon also bears some resemblance to the lanner falcon, but can be distinguished from that species at rest by its size and in the head-pattern, flight, flight action and underwing pattern. [6]
Every year since, a pair of peregrine falcons has laid eggs in the nesting box. Web cameras were installed in 2016 to provide the 24/7 Falcon Cam livestream of the interior and exterior of the nest.
The peregrine falcon was removed from the federal endangered species list in 1999 although it continues to be protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act. It is still listed as a species ...
The four falcon chicks that hatched in April 2024 in the falcon box above the Hudson River's Tappan Zee on the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. The naming contest is being held by the Thruway Authority ...
A large falcon, it preys on birds and bats. [2] Most likely either the lanner or peregrine falcon was the sacred species of falcon to the ancient Egyptians, [3] and some ancient Egyptian deities, like Ra and Horus, were often represented as a man with the head of a lanner falcon.
A pair of peregrine falcons once again is incubating their eggs in a nest box installed at the Brady Sullivan Tower in downtown Manchester. Thanks to live web cameras that capture the pair's ...