peregrine

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She compares him to a peregrine falcon because “his frame rate operates at an entirely different speed to everybody else’s.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

You might spot a peregrine falcon or other raptor, including kestrels, which nest there.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2024

A laser beamed into a bird box has disturbed nesting peregrine falcons.

From BBC • May 30, 2024

The incident at St Peter and St Paul's church in Cromer, Norfolk, caused the female peregrine to leave her nest and chick "for a considerable amount of time", police said.

From BBC • May 30, 2024

Together they performed the peregrine courtship dance, swooping low, zooming high, then spiralling earthward.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George