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Arctic Peregrine Falcon
Arctic Ocean. The huge colonies of shorebirds that nest on the Arctic coastal plain of Alaska are essential to the survival of arctic peregrines and their chicks. Arctic peregrines ...
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Peregrine biology - natural history
Peregrines eat birds almost exclusively, although fledglings are often observed chasing after and catching large flying insects such as dragonflies. In years when voles and lemmings are abundant in the Arctic, Tundra Peregrines ... to pigeons, ducks, and gulls. While on migration, many Peregrines hunt primarily shorebirds. In natural areas, Peregrines often nest near wetlands. As a result, their diet ...
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Peregrine Falcon - WDNR
Peregrines pluck their prey before eating it. Despite their reputation as able predators, peregrines often miss their strike and the prey escapes. During a stoop, peregrines may reach speeds ... The Peregrine Falcon. Buteo Books, Vermillion, SD. Snow, C. 1972. American Peregrine Falcon and Arctic Peregrine Falcon. Habitat management series for endangered species, Report No. 1. Bur. of Land ...
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The Canadian Peregrine Foundation -- USA & International home page
This area is quite favorable for peregrines, although there are no known permanent resident peregrines here. There are two granaries ... suggesting she is of arctic or high latitude origin. Given the direct route and speed of migrating spring peregrines, she probably returns ... to high latitudes (arctic?) As an indication of the peregrine's recovery, up until the 90s no peregrines could be found in ...
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Falcon Facts
P. Tundrius, which nests above the tree line in the Arctic; and F.P. Anatum, which once ranged over North America ... , Marco Polo, and Ghengis Khan. AT RIGHTaround forty days, young Peregrines begin flying. Peregrine parents encourage flight by "baiting" the young ... hunting is involved. Peregrines hunt and eat other birds and are famed for their speed (stooping, or diving, Peregrines have been clocked ...
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EcologyFund.com, Scotland Info - Expand, preserve and protect Scottish Nature Reserves!
A number of other important bird species like golden eagles and peregrines hunt over some blanket bog and throughout its range, meadow pipits, skylarks and red grouse ... blanket bogs. The peatland lochs and rivers support brown trout, sea trout, Atlantic salmon and Arctic char and a number of the river systems hold important populations of the freshwater pearl ...
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Endangered Species Facts
Young leave the nest when they are 35-40 days old. Feeding Habits Peregrines usually hunt their prey in flight. Peregrine falcons eat small to medium-sized birds. Those ... peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus pealei) is resident year-round on the northwest Pacific coast. The arctic peregrine falcon (F. p. tundrius) nests in the tundra regions of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland ...
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The SLAVE RIVER "Great Canadian Rivers"
Witness to history, home to pelicans and peregrines, natural border of Canada's largest national park, the 434 kilometre Slave River crosses the ... once by a dramatic series of violent rapids. Long regarded as the gateway to the Arctic by aboriginal hunters, the Slave is also the veteran of a starring role in the ...
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Arctic Studies Center
Peregrine Falcons are small hawks most commonly seen in the arctic flying high and fast over tundra and forests looking for food. Peregrines commonly eat small rodents (mice and lemmings) and sometimes eat sparrows and other small birds. Peregrine Falcons breed in small nests hidden on rocky cliffs throughout the arctic, ...
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American Peregrine Falcon
Although this map does not differentiate between sightings of the arctic and the american subspecies of this falcon, the american peregrine falcon is the only known ... haunts after a reintroduction program was started in the 1990's. By 1995, 288 young peregrines were released at 16 separate sites in Idaho, resulting in the current established population of ...
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