Nox, a peregrine falcon of UC Berkeley web cam fame, was released to the wild Oct. 18 after recovering from wing surgery at UC Davis and its California Raptor Center.
CPW staff acquired a peregrine falcon after a family in the Mancos area noticed the bird was injured and unable to fly at the end of March. A medical evaluation identified a severe soft tissue ...
It mates for life—about ten years—and is fiercely protective of its young. The peregrine falcon belongs to the genus Falco, which is characterized by long pointed wings. Peregrine falcons are birds of ...
Chris Florian, left, and Skip Ambrose scan a cliffside across the upper Yukon River looking for peregrine falcons on July 13, 2018. (Photo by Ned Rozell) Skip Ambrose has floated the upper Yukon ...
Up until the 1940s, the breeding population peregrine falcons had changed little since mid-1500s to early 1600s. But in the 1950s and 1960s, a dramatic drop in the number of peregrine falcons was ...
Most notably, they breed and hand raise every bird they fly—a practice that was thought impossible before captive peregrine falcons were first successfully bred in 1942 by Nazi leader Hermann ...
Skip Ambrose has floated the upper Yukon River almost every year since Richard Nixon was President. Back then, in 1973, only ...
Georgia’s falcon species are the peregrine falcon, American kestrel and merlin. They are most common in the state during fall and winter. The falcons — and hawks as well — may be spied now ...
The world’s fastest animal, the peregrine falcon, has been put back on the red list of “vulnerable” species by the Swiss Ornithological Association. Having made a comeback since near ...
The first peregrine falcon egg of the year has hatched at Leeds University. Peregrine falcons have been nesting on the university's Parkinson Tower since 2018, but last year's eggs failed to hatch.
Known as a "River of Grass," expect to see wading and woodland birds ... you'll find here include Bald Eagles, Merlin and Peregrine Falcons. If you get really lucky, you'll spot Mississippi ...