The Peregrine FalconBy Jeanette Hautala

Facts about The Peregrine Falcon Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AvesOrder: FalconiformesFamily FalconidaeGenus: FalcoSpecies: F. peregrinus

About The Peregrine FalconDietPeregrine falcons eat other birds such as songbirds and ducks, as well as bats. They catch their prey in mid-air.Height, Weight, etc. The Peregrine Falcon has a body length of 34 to 58 centimeters (13–23 in) and a wingspan of around 80 to 120 centimeters (31–47 in).[4][12] The male and female have similar markings and plumage, but females measure up to 30 percent larger than the male. Males weigh 440 to 750 grams (0.97–1.7 lbs.) and the noticeably larger females weigh 910 to 1,500 grams (2.0–3.3 lbs.)

Where They LiveYellow: Breeding summer visitorGreen: Breeding residentBlue: Winter visitorLight blue: Passage visitor

Fun Facts Did You Know?“Peregrine Falcon chicks, called eyases, eat an incredible amount of food - in six days, they double their weight, and at three weeks are ten times their size at birth.”~Defenders of Wildlife

Did You Know?The Peregrine Falcon has been recorded diving 242 MPH. That’s really fast!

Eyases (Chicks)Peregrine Falcon Chicks About Their Chicks

Peregrine Falcons lay up to 3 to 4 eggs.

A newly hatched falcon chick weighs about one and a half ounces (60 grams)

They are covered only with a light, fluffy coat.

Why They’re EndangeredHabitat Loss

Peregrine falcons nest on cliffs overlooking water or open spaces. Unfortunately for the peregrine, people also like to build cities near water. Due to city development peregrine habitats were destroyed to make way for skyscrapers and other buildings. Humans were destroying peregrine's hunting grounds also. With the majority of their nesting and hunting area gone they started dying off.

DTT A pesticide called DDT

killed many baby chicks before they had a chance to hatch. DDT would prevent the mother peregrine's body from producing the calcium carbonate needed to make the egg shells strong. When this happened the eyases would overheat and die.

How We are Helping•Making Habitats: People are making peregrine nesting sites in skyscrapers so peregrines have a place to nest.•Banning DDT: Because of the death of so many important animals, the US government decided to ban DDT.• Raising Chicks: Cornell university scientists started to hatch eyases to increase the population of peregrines.

How YOU can help:We can help by: Adopting a Peregrine Falcon Visiting a nearby facility that has

Peregrines Help hatch eyases (maybe not) Making a habitat for our fellow friends

(and by that I mean the birds)

Did you know Peregrines are no longer endangered?That’s right! Even though the Peregrine Falcon was once endangered, it is no longer endangered. We saved the Peregrine Falcon, but that does not mean we can give up on helping them. We need to keep helping the Peregrine, or else the same problem could happen all over again. We need to keep up, so maybe there will be hardly any chance they will ever go endangered ever again.

Sources•http://images.nationalgeographic.com/•http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/peregrine_falcon.php•wikipedia•www.videosift.com•http://www.stoneflync.com/•http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/biologicalsciences/falcon/•http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/2833831010_5e6392de02.jpg•http:// thetodaystuff.blogspot. com/•http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7290.html

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