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Basic Info

Accipitriformes: Bald Eagle

Cariamiformes: Seriema

Cathartiformes: Turkey Vultures

Falconiformes: Falcon

Strigiformes: Great Horned Owl

Appearance

Adult Peregrine Falcon

Adult Peregrine Falcon, Female (72/BV)

Anatomy

Eyes in the Front, They Hunt

Juvenile Peregrine Falcon

Juvenile Peregrine Falcon, Female

Juvenile Peregrine Falcon, Male

Sexual Dimorphism 1

Sexual Dimorphism 2

Talons

Habitat

Peregrine Falcon Subspecies Map

Cliffside Nest Site

W. E. B. Du Bois Library, UMass Amherst Old Nest Box

Local Information: Massachusetts

Historic Nest Sites in Massachusetts Still in Use

Urban Nest Sites in Massachusetts

Quarry Nest Sites in Massachusetts

Life Cycle

Courtship Display: Head Bow

Peregrine Falcon Eggs

Incubation

Pip

Newly Hatched Peregrine Falcon Chick

Prey and Hunting

Stoop

Prey Delivery to Chicks

Peregrine Falcon Chicks with Full Crops

Prey

American Robin

Black-Billed Cuckoo

Blue Jay

Cedar Waxwing

Chimney Swift

Common Flicker

Common Grackle

Ducks

European Starlings

House Finch

Mourning Dove

Red Winged Blackbird

Rock Dove

Shorebirds

Woodcock

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

Other Behaviors

Feaking

Loafing

Mantling

Preening

Sleeping

Flight

Hollow Bones of a Bird

Hopping Flight

Keel

Peregrine Falcon Flying

Peregrine Falcon Skeleton

Types of Wings

Active Soaring Wings (Seagull)

Elliptical Wings (American Robin)

High-Speed Wings (Peregrine Falcon)

Hovering Wings (Hummingbird)

Passive Soaring Wings (Bald Eagle)

Conservation

Article: “Dr. White-Stevens Will Defend Use of Pesticides,” The Long Islander, Feb. 7, 1963

Cade, Tom

Cade, Tom with Captive-Bred Peregrine Falcon

Captive-Bred Falcon Chicks

Captive-Bred Peregrine Falcon with Chicks

Carson, Rachel

DDT

DDT ad from Penn Salt Chemicals in Time Magazine on June 30th, 1947.

Douglas C-47s spraying DDT insecticide over Manila, April 1945

Ford tri-motor spraying DDT for the Western spruce budworm control project. Powder River control unit, Oregon. 1955

Hack Site: Cliffside

Hack Site: Cliffside, Putting in Peregrine Falcons

Hack Site: Manhattan Building

Half-page ad in the Daily Olympian, prior to western hemlock looper control projects, 1963.

Insecticide with DDT

Meng, Heinz

Muller, Paul Hermann

Peregrine Falcon Eggs in Incubator

Peregrine Falcon Eggshells 1

Peregrine Falcon Eggshells 2

The Peregrine Fund

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Local Information: Massachusetts

French, Dr. Tom at Nest Box on W. E. B. Du Bois Library, UMass Amherst

Fuller, Dave at Nest Box on W. E. B. Du Bois Library, UMass Amherst

Griffin, Dr. Curtice at Nest Box on W. E. B. Du Bois Library, UMass Amherst

Massachusetts: Historic Photographs of Peregrine Falcons on Mount Tom

Massachusetts: Mount Tom

Massachusetts: Pioneer Valley

Peregrine Falcon Eggshell

Falconry

History of Falconry Timeline Part 1

History of Falconry Timeline Part 2

Subspecies

Anatum

Babylonicus

Brookei

Calidus

Cassini

Cassini (Pallid Variant)

Ernesti

Furuitii (Currently, there are no known photographs of living furuitii)

Japonensis

Macropus

Madens (No image currently available)

Minor

Nesiotes

Pealei

Pelegrinoides

Peregrinator

Peregrinus

Peregrinus (View of Back)

Radama

Submelanogenys

Tundrius