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Perla Aracely Garca LugoHumberto Milln Nez

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Is a raptor, adults have blue-gray wings, darkbrown backs, and white faces with a blacktear stripe on their cheeks.

Their name comes from the Latin wordperegrinus, which means "to wander."

Peregrine falcons are the fastest-flying birdsin the world (they are able to dive at 200miles per hour).

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Peregrine falcons eatother birds such assongbirds and ducks, as

well as bats. They catchtheir prey in mid-air.

Peregrine falcons live onall continents except

Antarctica. They thrivenear coasts whereshorebirds are common,but they can be foundeverywhere from tundra

to deserts.

Peregrines are evenknown to live on bridgesand skyscrapers in majorcities.

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Pesticides: During the 1950s - 70s some pesticides wereinvented, the DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane). Butthe pesticide has a great effect. It killed the insect efficiently,but the animals consuming the insects stored the DDT in thebody.

Raptors (not only the peregrine, but a massive range ofanimals) ate the animals gained massive amount of thepesticide, and the problem appeared.

The pesticide interfered with the reproduction of the bird,thinning the eggshells which reduce the number of eggs thatsurvived to hatching. In several parts of the world, such as theeastern USA and Belgium, this species became extinct as aresult.

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2.- Hunting: The Peregrine Falcon have been shotby humans because they eat carrier birds. Carrierbirds are used in France to deliver messages and

because the Peregrine Falcon have been eatingthem messages couldn't go through.

Since the ban on DDT in the 1970's, peregrinefalcon populations have recovered significantly,

and are even showing signs of recovery in areas inwhich they haven't been spotted in some years,such as northern NJ.

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In countries like the U.S., Canada, Germany andPoland, recovery teams make copies of this species incaptivity. The chicks are fed through a tube that mimicsthe adult head of a falcon, so they can not see to thebreeders and avoid his mark with humans.

When they become old enough, opens his cage, allowtraining their wings and when are sufficiently strong,the meal is reduced, to force the animal to learn to

hunt for themselves.

To release a falcon, the bird is placed in a special cageat the top of a build for a few days to acclimate to theirfuture environment.

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The Department of Environmental Conservation NewYork State announced that there were 67 couples inthe state during 2008.

In the UK there was a recovery of its population by theconservation and protection work led by the RoyalSociety for the Protection of Birds.

In 1999 began in Barcelona the "Project reintroduction

of the peregrine falcon in Barcelona", promoted by thecouncil of this town, with the intention of recoveringtheir presence in the city after his disappearance in1973.

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WE NEED TODO

SOMETHING!

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Preserve

thePeregrine

falcon

Make a massivecampaign tomotivate the

people topreserve thePeregrine falcon

Build bird houses

at the falcon'shabitat

Stop the use of

pesticides

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