Seen this again today... thought IT was a good chart to share.

Peregrine Falcon Development - Age Guide

Whoa those birds are fast!

Cam on back of falcon in this video.

Watch this slow motion about 1:50 in this video. O M G!

You do find some amazing videos, Patticake. This one is an awesome example of the peregrine's ability to dive bomb it's prey.

Still shots of Peregrine Falcon catching it's prey.

Uploaded on Sep 15, 2011
While I took video (see 'Peregrine falcons catch a pigeon' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y4pMG... ) on a Sanyo Xacti VPC-FH1, Dr Rob Davies took these photographs with his Canon EOS 1D Mark IV and 500mm F4 Lens.

Amazing!! At those speeds it's got to be near impossible to catch a clear picture with a camera!!

These people are crazy. Got to be a better way.

They may be crazy, but Lady is one awesome raptor!

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They may be crazy, but Lady is one awesome raptor!

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This is a great vid.... I don't see IT posted before butt IF IT has been a second review is worth the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk1HAKUueUo&feature=youtu.be

Return of the Falcon
*Remember the weekly show.... Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom?*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kju3Pz3R9D8

I found this one on Youtube today about how a falcon catches prey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ5oaNdJKx8

The next video was below the first one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgx5DH9BNoc

RTD

Is a falcon a raptor? We've always believed so, but maybe not like a hawk or eagle. Maybe a falcon is in a class of its own? Maybe closer to a parrot than a hawk?

"Recent genetic studies found that falcons are much more closely related to songbirds than to other “hawks”—quite a jolt to our traditional belief. According to this research, falcons' closest relatives are a group (or "clade") consisting of the parrots and the passerines. As a result, the new Check-list sequence inserts Falconiformes (caracaras and falcons) and Psittaciformes (parrots) between Piciformes (woodpeckers) and Passeriformes (songbirds). These major revisions show us once again that as scientific knowledge improves, long-standing taxonomic sequences are not sacrosanct."

Here's the latest on the taxonomy of falcons:

http://blog.aba.org/2012/07/new-aou-chec...anges-2012.html

Quote: raptorz4ever wrote in post #16

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Is a falcon a raptor? We've always believed so, but maybe not like a hawk or eagle. Maybe a falcon is in a class of its own? Maybe closer to a parrot than a hawk?

"Recent genetic studies found that falcons are much more closely related to songbirds than to other “hawks”—quite a jolt to our traditional belief. According to this research, falcons' closest relatives are a group (or "clade") consisting of the parrots and the passerines. As a result, the new Check-list sequence inserts Falconiformes (caracaras and falcons) and Psittaciformes (parrots) between Piciformes (woodpeckers) and Passeriformes (songbirds). These major revisions show us once again that as scientific knowledge improves, long-standing taxonomic sequences are not sacrosanct."

Here's the latest on the taxonomy of falcons:

http://blog.aba.org/2012/07/new-aou-chec...anges-2012.html

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Here's a fascinating article written by my hero Bryan Watts about CCB's efforts to move peregrine falcons from bridges to the safety of the mountains.

http://www.ccbbirds.org/2014/09/24/team-...campaign=buffer

Falcon Rehabbing. Some people do not agree with falconry, but here is a good example. A friend of mine, John Hawley is reahabbing a peregrine. This is John's 3rd bird (RTH and Kestrel successfully released), and he hopes to release the bird soon. It has to be skilled enough to fly with "the Big Boys"

Here's an interesting article about Dr. Irene Pepperberg and her research into avian cognition. Although Dr. P works with gray parrots, and this is not raptor specific, her work still extends the realm of possibilities to any avian species. It's just downright fascinating!

http://www.readmeblogsite.net/2015/03/27...harper-collins/