peregrine
Example Sentences
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At the Houses of Parliament, he holds a peregrine falcon chick while it is ringed for identification.
From BBC
And rangers in Maine's Acadia National Park close several trails annually near peregrine falcon nests.
From Salon
By the mid-1960s, the peregrine falcon population dropped over 70 percent in the western U.S.
From Washington Post
He said drones could be a “new kind of threat” for the species, in addition to natural predators such as peregrine falcons.
From Seattle Times
Though the nesting areas are typically threatened by coyotes, peregrine falcons and other predators, drones should not be among the hazards, he said.
From Seattle Times
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