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Birders

Donkees

(31,629 posts) Wed Mar 6, 2024, 09:33 AM Mar 6

Peregrine Falcon

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Peregrine Falcon (Original Post) Donkees Mar 6 OP

So beautiful! Goddessartist Mar 6 #1

150 mph when they stoop (dives) on its prey. Botany Mar 6 #2

Goddessartist

(1,991 posts)

1. So beautiful!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2024, 10:19 AM

Mar 6

Twice a peregrine falcon landed on our deck railing. I got a picture, but it's not that good. They are so beautiful! Our deck is a flurry of activity with all of the birds, squirrels, rats, and chipmunks. We have a wooded lot behind our home.

Thank you for this beautiful photo. Saving for reference.

Botany

(70,784 posts)

2. 150 mph when they stoop (dives) on its prey.

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2024, 10:51 AM

Mar 6

Btw Peregrine Falcons are an example of something good in environmental management
in that the banning of DDT has helped their #s come back up.

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