peregrine
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A handful of California species recoveries have been championed as success stories under the Endangered Species Act, including southern sea otters, peregrine falcons, humpback whales, bald eagles and green sea turtles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
On Friday's many of the members can be found excitedly gazing up to the top of St George's Church in Sheffield, which is home to breeding peregrine falcons.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Targeted species include eagles, red kites, peregrine falcons, hen harriers, goshawks and barn owls.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
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
All peregrine falcons call the high-pitched creees, but when Frightful sees me in the morning or when I return from the forest, even when she is flying high above my head, she adds “car-reet.”
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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