Peregrine Falcon Images, Facts and Information:
Falco peregrinus
- Peregrine Falcons are large falcons with pointed wings, long tails, adults are blue-gray above and barred below. They have dark heads and well-defined mask.
- Peregrine Falcons nesting in areas with cliffs but they will also nest on man made structures like skyscrapers, bridges and other tall structures.
- Peregrine Falcons inhabit open areas of much of North America including coasts, tundra, the mountains in the west and savannas.
- The diet of Peregrine Falcons is mostly a wide variety of birds from small songbirds to birds as large as herons and cranes.
- They lay 2 to 5 eggs which take 29 to 3 days to hatch. The female incubates and they are monogamous.
- A group of falcons can be called a “bazaar”, “eyrie”, “stooping up” and a “tower” of falcons.
- Peregrine Falcons may live between 15 to 20 years.
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Subadult Peregrine Falcon calling from a wooden perch
Title: Subadult Peregrine Falcon calling from a wooden perch
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/19/2021
Subadult Peregrine Falcon lifting off from a fence post
Title: Subadult Peregrine Falcon lifting off from a fence post
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/19/2021
Subadult Peregrine Falcon in the West Desert
Title: Subadult Peregrine Falcon in the West Desert
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/19/2021
Subadult Peregrine Falcon in flight
Title: Subadult Peregrine Falcon in flight
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/19/2021
Female Peregrine Falcon at eye level with her prey
Title: Female Peregrine Falcon at eye level with her prey
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/4/2018
Peregrine Falcon post poop pose
Title: Peregrine Falcon post poop pose
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/4/2018
Peregrine Falcon on prey
Title: Peregrine Falcon on prey
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/4/2018
Peregrine Falcon and an American Coot
Title: Peregrine Falcon and an American Coot
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/4/2018
Peregrine Falcon with a coot under tail covert in its bill
Title: Peregrine Falcon with a coot under tail covert in its bill
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/4/2018
Peregrine Falcon with coot feathers flying
Title: Peregrine Falcon with coot feathers flying
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/4/2018
Peregrine Falcon giving me the stink eye
Title: Peregrine Falcon giving me the stink eye
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/4/2018
Peregrine Falcon consuming prey
Title: Peregrine Falcon consuming prey
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/4/2018
Peregrine Falcon tearing into a frozen American Coot
Title: Peregrine Falcon tearing into a frozen American Coot
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/4/2018
Peregrine Falcon with prey on frosty grass
Title: Peregrine Falcon with prey on frosty grass
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/4/2018
Adult Peregrine Falcon on a rusty metal perch
Title: Adult Peregrine Falcon on a rusty metal perch
Location: Lee Kay Ponds, Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 9/23/2017
Peregrine Falcon settling its wings from stretching
Title: Peregrine Falcon settling its wings from stretching
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/14/2017
Peregrine Falcon stretching its wings
Title: Peregrine Falcon stretching its wings
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/14/2017
Peregrine Falcon wing stretch
Title: Peregrine Falcon wing stretch
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/14/2017
Peregrine Falcon stretching its wing and tail
Title: Peregrine Falcon stretching its wing and tail
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/14/2017
Peregrine Falcon wing and tail stretch
Title: Peregrine Falcon wing and tail stretch
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/14/2017