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peregrine falcon
noun
: a swift nearly cosmopolitan falcon (Falco peregrinus) often used in falconry
called also peregrine
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The landscape is also a bird-watchers’ dream, drawing hawks, eagles, peregrine falcons, and swifts.
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Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
Practice Makes Perfect by Jack Zhi Adult peregrine falcons are formidable hunters: Capable of diving at a breakneck 200 miles per hour to snatch prey out of the sky, the birds attain the fastest speeds on Earth.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
But this juvenile peregrine falcon isn’t quite ready to take its place amid the more experienced, exacting predators of the species.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
Temporary route closure due to nesting falcons is typical each spring in order to protect nesting prairie and peregrine falcons.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2024
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Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
Practice Makes Perfect by Jack Zhi Adult peregrine falcons are formidable hunters: Capable of diving at a breakneck 200 miles per hour to snatch prey out of the sky, the birds attain the fastest speeds on Earth.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
But this juvenile peregrine falcon isn’t quite ready to take its place amid the more experienced, exacting predators of the species.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
Temporary route closure due to nesting falcons is typical each spring in order to protect nesting prairie and peregrine falcons.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Peregrine falcon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peregrine%20falcon. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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