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Dobkin, Darryl Wheyeįeathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle, Thor Hanson, Illustrated. The Birder’s Handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds : including all species that regularly breed north of Mexico by Paul R. Fish & Wildlife Service, May 2006, Ĭhristmas Bird Count, National Audubon Society, Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), U.S. Kevin Colver, & WildSanctuary, Soundscapes,

Text: Jim Cane, Bridgerland Audubon Societyīird Recordings Courtesy and Copyright Dr. This is Linda Kervin for Bridgerland Audubon Society. This is an environmental success story worth celebrating. You can see similar rebounds in Red-tailed Hawks, Brown Pelicans and other predatory birds by going to the website of the National Audubon Christmas bird counts. Peregrines have never been common, but today, you are four times more likely to see a Peregrine Falcon in Utah than 30 years earlier. By 2003, 3000 pairs bred in Canada, the U.S. The peregrine’s population plunge was halted, then reversed. More than 2 million Floridians without power due to Hurricane Ian. Over the years, 1600 peregrines were released into the wild. Ian response: Good Samaritans in Florida rescue elderly man from vehicle. The captive nestlings were raised up and taught to hunt.

Worried wildlife researchers undertook a bold program to rescue intact eggs from cliff-face nests. The peregrine falcon was immediately listed. On December 28, 1973, President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law. Robins provided the first persuasive evidence of DDT bioaccumulation. Worse, DDT bioaccumulates in fats of species high on the food chain, birds like falcons, eagles, and pelicans. It wasn’t poisoning the birds, but it insidiously interfered with birds’ calcium metabolism, leaving thin-shelled eggs that broke under brooding parents. Kevin Colver recording: Songbirds of the Southwest Canyon Countryįifty years ago, the Peregrine Falcon was in a different dive, a plunge to extinction. In such places, listen for its call, which is very similar to this Prairie Falcon: We are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of abused, abandoned, and homeless cats, dogs, puppies and kittens. The Peregrine likes cliff ledges for nesting, such as the high basalt walls at the Birds of Prey Refuge along the Snake River near Boise. A New Beginning Animal Rescue (ANBAR) is a nonprofit, no-kill, foster-based animal rescue organization serving Weber and Davis Counties, UT. This species inhabits all continents but Antarctica. It must therefore be a falcon, in today’s case, the Peregrine Falcon. Even flying horizontally, this bird can accelerate to 70MPH. What predatory bird can guide a screaming 200 MPH freefall dive to intercept a flying duck, killing it with a blow from a fist of talons? Tornado winds howl at 200MPH.

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Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 3:17 | Recorded on JanuPeregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus