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Basic Info
Cathartiformes: Turkey Vultures
Strigiformes: Great Horned Owl
Appearance
Adult Peregrine Falcon, Female (72/BV)
Juvenile Peregrine Falcon, Female
Juvenile Peregrine Falcon, Male
Habitat
Peregrine Falcon Subspecies Map
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
Newly Hatched Peregrine Falcon Chick
Prey and Hunting
Peregrine Falcon Chicks with Full Crops
Prey
Other Behaviors
Flight
Types of Wings
Active Soaring Wings (Seagull)
Elliptical Wings (American Robin)
High-Speed Wings (Peregrine Falcon)
Passive Soaring Wings (Bald Eagle)
Conservation
Article: “Dr. White-Stevens Will Defend Use of Pesticides,” The Long Islander, Feb. 7, 1963
Cade, Tom with Captive-Bred Peregrine Falcon
Captive-Bred Peregrine Falcon with Chicks
DDT ad from Penn Salt Chemicals in Time Magazine on June 30th, 1947.
Douglas C-47s spraying DDT insecticide over Manila, April 1945
Hack Site: Cliffside, Putting in Peregrine Falcons
Half-page ad in the Daily Olympian, prior to western hemlock looper control projects, 1963.
Peregrine Falcon Eggs in Incubator
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
Falconry
History of Falconry Timeline Part 1
History of Falconry Timeline Part 2
Subspecies
Furuitii (Currently, there are no known photographs of living furuitii)
Madens (No image currently available)