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	Peregrine Falcon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest creature on the planet in its hunting dive, the stoop, in which it soars to a great height, then free falls at speeds in excess of 420 km/h (260mph) into either wing of its prey, so as not to harm itself on impact.
		The Mediterranean Peregrine Falcon, in this context known as the Maltese Falcon, was the annual rent required by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V when he donated the Island of Malta to the Knights Hospitaller in 1530.
		The Peregrine is used owing to the historical importance of the bird in the Isle of Man's.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peregrine_Falcon (2161 words)

	Peregrine Falcon
		This falcon is found on every continent except Antarctica, and lives in a wide variety of habitats from tropics, deserts, and maritime to the tundra, and from sea level to 12,000 feet.
		Peregrines are highly migratory in the northern part of their range.
		Peregrines may use a variety of hunting techniques, but typically prey is captured in the air after fast pursuit or a rapid dive to catch the prey.
	www.peregrinefund.org /Explore_Raptors/falcons/peregrin.html (353 words)

	Peregrine Falcon Description
		Peregrine falcons are expert hunters feeding on songbirds, shore birds, waterfowl, sea birds and pigeons, all of which are caught in flight.
		Peregrines are predators at the top of the food chain, and accumulate high levels from their prey, since pesticide residue becomes more and more concentrated as it works its way up the food chain.
		Radar observations of the stoop of the Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus and the Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
	falcon.unibase.com /descrip3.shtml (1007 words)

	Falcon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peregrine Falcons, the fastest birds on Earth, are said to have reached stoop speed of up to 290 km/h (180 mph).
		Some small insectivorous falcons with long, narrow wings are called hobbies, and some which sometimes hover as they hunt for small rodents are named as kestrels.
		The falcons are part of the family Falconidae, which also includes the caracaras, Laughing Falcon, forest falcons, and falconets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Falcon (233 words)

	About the Peregrine Falcon
		Peregrine falcons are monogamous (they mate for life) and breed in the same territory or area for their entire lives.
		Peregrine falcons lay their eggs in "scrapes," which are shallow indentations they scratch out with their talons in the soft earth on the floor of the nest ledge.
		Peregrine falcons are fast, aggressive and fearless predators located at the top of their food-chain, and therefore, rarely suffer from predation by other animals.
	www.lausd.k12.ca.us /28th_St_EL/students/falconfaq.html (4442 words)

	Peregrine Falcon
		Peregrine falcons are sleek, crow-sized birds of prey, famous for their speed and beauty.
		An immature peregrine falcon is similar to the adult, but has brown upperparts, a heavily streaked breast and a blue-gray beak, legs and feet.
		For example, egg collecting was a popular hobby during the 1800s and peregrine eggs were gathered in large numbers; some chicks were taken from the nest for use by falconers; and peregrines were shot by owners of homing pigeons, who feared the falcons would kill their birds.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/land/er/factsheets/birds/Falcon.htm (2404 words)

	Peregrine Falcons in New York City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		To prevent the species from becoming extinct, falcons were bred in captivity and released into the wild, primarily through the efforts of Dr. Tom Cade and The Peregrine Fund, an international organization dedicated to the restoration of populations of birds of prey.
		When a falcon is between 3 and 4 weeks old, Chris puts on his protective gear, climbs up into the nest area, and bands the foot, or tarses, of each young falcon.
		The banding process is not dangerous for a falcon, since their feet do not grow much after their first 4 weeks and the bands do not get in the way of their daily activities.
	www.nyc.gov /html/dep/html/news/falcon.html (1748 words)

	CT DEP: Peregrine Falcon Story
		Peregrine nesting activity in Connecticut declined through the 1920s and 1930s, and the last documented nesting occurred on the Travelers Tower in Hartford in the late 1940s.
		Peregrine falcon populations declined rapidly between 1950 and 1965 throughout the United States and parts of Europe.
		Due to the slower recovery of the reestablished population in the East, the Wildlife Division had recommended that the USFWS list the eastern peregrine falcon population as threatened, mainly because the recovery of the reestablished peregrine population was not yet complete in Connecticut.
	dep.state.ct.us /burnatr/wildlife/special/peregrine/pfstory.htm (1513 words)

	CT DEP: Peregrine Falcon Fact Sheet
		Peregrine falcons reach sexual maturity at age 3 and return to the same area each year.
		The nest is a hollow, unlined scrape on a cliff, ledge or rocky outcrop.
		Even though the peregrine falcon was delisted from the federal endangered species list, the species still satisfies the criteria for state listing and remains a Connecticut endangered species.
	dep.state.ct.us /burnatr/wildlife/factshts/pfalcon.htm (1048 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - Peregrine Falcon
		The Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus is a sturdy crow-sized falcon.
		A stooping peregrine is a hurtling wedge of streamlined feathers.
		In Canada the anatum peregrine is currently designated as “threatened” by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, and the Peale’s and tundra peregrines are considered species of “special concern”.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?id=60 (2327 words)

	Peregrine Falcon Biogeography
		The plumage of the peregrine is reflective of the environment in the sense that the coloring serves more of a predatory purpose and not one of display of brilliant or elaborate of color, which reduces the chance of being notice.
		Peregrine Falcons are also found in open conifer forests rock outcrops and cliffs and can also be found in Greenland of all places.The Peregrine Falcon has a worldwide range in which it winters through California and the West Indies to Tierra del Fuego.
		The peregrine falcon is found to exist in a wide range of areas around the globe from the Arctic to the Equator.
	bss.sfsu.edu /geog/bholzman/courses/Fall99Projects/falcon.htm (2433 words)

	Peregrine Falcon Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Peregrine falcons generally return to the same nesting territory annually and mate for life.
		Young falcons may stay in the area for about six weeks after they fledge, developing their flying and hunting skills.
		Peregrine carcasses and unhatched eggs continue to be analyzed for DDT and other contaminants.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/wildlife/endspec/pefafs.html (723 words)

	Arctic Studies Center
		Peregrine Falcons are small hawks most commonly seen in the arctic flying high and fast over tundra and forests looking for food.
		Peregrine Falcons breed in small nests hidden on rocky cliffs throughout the arctic, and usually found over land near tundra or meadows.
		Before we understood how dangerous some insecticides were, Peregrine Falcons became very rare because high concentrations of DDT and other poisons made their eggs brittle and weak.
	www.mnh.si.edu /arctic/html/peregrine_falcon.html (149 words)

	Peregrine Falcon
		Peregrine Falcons are aerial hunters, seeking their favorite prey of domestic pigeons and many other bird species.
		Peregrine Falcons are cliff nesters, but young captive bred birds restored to cliffs suffer from predation by Great Horned Owls since there are no parental birds to protect them.
		The comeback of the Peregrine Falcon is largely due to captive breeding and the dedication of wildlife agencies and multitudes of volunteers who place and raise nestlings in new nest sites in various cities across the land.
	www.wbu.com /chipperwoods/photos/perefalcon.htm (1012 words)

	Peregrine Watch - Falcon Frequently Ask Questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Once incubation begins, one of the adult falcons is usually sitting on the nest, however during warm weather or food exchanges between the male and female, the eggs may be left unattended for short periods.
		Peregrines are also swift fliers that can simply fly up behind their prey and grab it in mid-flight.
		Peregrines in the more northern climates (Alaska and Greenland) are more likely to migrate during the winter to places that have a milder climate, such as the southern United States, Central and South America.
	falconcam.travelers.com /falcon-faqs.html (1100 words)

	Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Peregrine pairs mate for life, and often use the same nest site (in natural settings they are called "eyries") for many years in a row.
		In 1975, the Eastern Peregrine Recovery Team was created and charged with the task of developing a management plan to restore peregrine falcons as a nesting bird population in the eastern U.S. A program of re-introduction commenced, which has been extremely successful.
		The peregrine falcon and other raptors that are making comebacks prove we can recover species given the right amount of time, but they also show us just how vulnerable our natural resources are to impacts we make as residents of this planet.
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/1,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12202-32592--CI,00.html (1304 words)

	Australian Museum - Wild Kids - Birds - Peregrine Falcon
		Peregrine Falcons can reach speeds of more than 300 km per hour when swooping down on prey.
		Peregrine Falcons are birds of prey that live near cliffs, watercourses, woodlands and high-rise city buildings all over Australia.
		Peregrine Falcons sit in tall dead trees or fly high above the ground in the early morning and late afternoon looking for birds and small mammals such as rabbits to eat.
	www.amonline.net.au /wild_kids/birds/perigrine_falcon.htm (303 words)

	Peregrine Falcons
		What started as a dream in the minds of a few who loved peregrine falcons when they were considered vermin by most, and who thought they would soon see the day when every rocky crag was devoid of the voice of the peregrine forever, has come to be an unlikely dream realized.
		It is probably fair to say that virtually everyone who has participated in the return of the peregrine falcon in North America and throughout the world would agree that the peregrine has unwittingly, and often with protest, given back to them far more than they could ever have hoped to give to the peregrine.
		As with most of the hubbub and hullabaloo that has surrounded the peregrine's decline and rise, the day the listing status of the peregrine falcon changed of course passed unnoticed by it's subject.
	www2.ucsc.edu /scpbrg/peregrines.htm (601 words)

	Morro Bay's Peregrine Falcon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The peregrine falcon is among the most famous and admired birds of prey.
		Peregrine falcons prefer to nest on a ledge or in potholes in cliff walls or on high promontories in remote areas.
		We owe it to our children not to let the peregrine falcon become a casualty and be forever lost in the mad rush for progress.
	www.morrobay.com /falcon.htm (333 words)

	Learn more about Falcon in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A Falcon is any of several species of bird of the genus Falco, such as the Peregrine Falcon which are raptors or 'birds of prey'.
		The falcons are part of the family Falconidae, which also includes the caracaras, Laughing Falcon, forest-falcons, and falconets.
		The Ford Falcon is a make of car, and the F-16 Fighting Falcon is a fighter aircraft.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /f/fa/falcon.html (209 words)

	Peregrine Falcon
		The peregrine falcon, often referred to as the duck hawk, feeds primarily on birds.
		Falconers prized these birds for their excellent hunting ability and often took chicks from nests to be trained in the ancient art of falconry.
		Peregrines still nesting in the western United States were determined to be an endangered species in 1970, two years before DDT was finally banned from use.
	www.fws.gov /chesapeakebay/Peregr.htm (1098 words)

	Dairynet -- Peregrine Falcon Efforts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Peregrine falcons were put on the Wisconsin Endangered and Threatened Species List in 1975, and with our help, these peregrines are soaring high throughout the region once again.
		Dairyland's involvement with the falcon restoration was a watershed decision for the raptors in western Wisconsin.
		Peregrine falcons migrate to the Gulf of Mexico or South America for the winter and are expected to return to our region each spring.
	www.dairynet.com /earth/falcon.html (725 words)

	Peregrine Falcon Information
		The female is called the 'falcon' and the male is the 'tiercel' (from the latin tierce; a reference to the fact that the male is about a third smaller than the female).
		The Peregrine is considered an excellent flyer and a supreme hunter among birds of prey.
		Peregrine populations in the eastern United States, Canada, and Europe were devasted by this chemical.
	www.peregrine-net.com /PGS_PGN_GENERAL/Falcon_Info.html (1341 words)

	IFWIS - Peregrine falcon
		Courtship feeding occurs in peregrines and the male presents food to the female with a bowing ceremony 09.
		Peregrines are excellent flyers and have been recorded at speeds of approx.
		Egg collecting, natural predators, desease, falconers, and human disturbance at the nest site and during the nesting period are also contributing factors to annual loss of eggs and young 34.
	www.inhs.uiuc.edu /chf/pub/ifwis/birds/peregrine-falcon.html (1507 words)

	Tulsa, Oklahoma - Tulsawalk.com, Birds of Prey in Oklahoma, Peregrine Falcon
		The Peregrine Falcon is normally found in open spaces that are usually associated with high cliffs and bluffs that overlook rivers and coasts.
		The Peregrine Falcon feeds mostly on birds that are taken in the air.
		The Peregrine Falcon is listed as an endangered species, both on Federal lists and by the Sate of Minnesota.
	www.tulsawalk.com /birding/pfalcon.html (302 words)

	The Birds of North America Online: Peregrine Falcon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The often-held image of the Peregrine as a symbol of wilderness diminishes when one sees this falcon breeding on metropolitan bridges and urban skyscrapers or watches tundra migrants on their neotropical nonbreeding grounds speeding along traffic-jammed boulevards at streetlight height in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, or Buenos Aires, Argentina, chasing bats at sunset.
		The Peregrine was, however, greatly harmed, along with other birds of prey and some marine birds, by the widespread use of persistent chemicals that lowered reproduction and survival rates.
		By 1970, the Peregrine was federally protected in the United States, and the chemical culprits were virtually banned in North America by 1972.
	bna.birds.cornell.edu /BNA/demo/account/Peregrine_Falcon (635 words)

	Woodmen Peregrine Falcon Watch
		June 13, 2006 – The falcons have left the nest and are roaming the ledge as they strengthen their wings and prepare for their first flight.
		Sponsored by the Nebraska Peregrine Falcon Project, a group of public and private organizations, the effort began in 1988 with the release of seven peregrine falcon chicks in a hack box.
		Since that time, peregrine falcons have been returning each year to make their home at the Tower and raise their young.
	www.woodmen.com /falcons (486 words)

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