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Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Call

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Call. What makes a bird of prey a bird of prey?. They use their talons to catch their food. Special characteristics of the Peregrine Falcon!. It catch's its food with its talons just like all birds of prey except the vulture.

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Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Call

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  1. Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusCall

  2. What makes a bird of prey a bird of prey? • They use their talons to catch their food.

  3. Special characteristics of the Peregrine Falcon! • It catch's its food with its talons just like all birds of prey except the vulture. • The usual weight for this bird is 1 ¼ to 2 ¾. • The wing span of the Peregrine Falcon is a 3 ½ foot long wing span. • These are the usual colors of the Peregrine Falcon. • The height is 15-20 inches

  4. Peregrine Falcon Habitat • The usual migration arias are tropics,deserts, to the tundra, and from sea level to 12,000 feet. All the bright yellow is the Peregrine falcon range. • Usually found nest near water on ledges of rocky cliffs or buildings. They use abandoned stick nests of other species to.

  5. Peregrine Falcon Diet • They usually catch other birds such as starlings, pigeons, blackbirds, jays, shorebirds, and waterfowl. • Will rarely eat mammals, reptiles, or insects. • Their prey is usually captured in the air after fast pursuit or a rapid dive to catch the prey. • Peregrines hunt during the day because other birds are out during the day to.

  6. Young • Peregrines usually stay together just like humans. • They usually have 3-4 eggs. • The eggs are incubated for 34 days. That’s a long time. • Small peregrines start to fledge 5 to 6 weeks after hatching. Definition of fledge: grow feathers and get their wings and learn to fly

  7. Natural enemies to the Peregrine. • 2 bad things that are natural enemies to the peregrine falcon were really clean windows and electrical lines. • Another thing was DDT See DDT next slide • Other animals and birds are also enemies of the Peregrine.

  8. What is DDT? • DDT is short for Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane • DDT used to be a chemical to kill bugs in gardens, but it would effect other things like birds too. • DDT would effect bids of prey because it would kill living things and birds of prey such as eagles vultures and ect…

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