peregrine

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Sequoia National Park is home to the world’s largest trees and iconic birds including peregrine falcons and bald eagles.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

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

"Breathtaking" footage of what was believed to be a peregrine falcon attempting to hunt during a murmuration of thousands of starlings has been captured on video.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025

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

From BBC • May 30, 2024

“You ask that, Bando, because you don’t know what it feels like to set a peregrine falcon free.”

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