Peregrine Falcon

peregrine falcon

By Tyronne and Aarav

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.

2.

3.

4.

INTRODUCTION.....3

BODY PARTS ....4

FALCON HABIT....5-6

HOW DO FALCON CATCH IT'S PREY....7

5.Fun facts....8

6.Glossary....9

8 . source list ....11

7.Index....10

Introduction

There are many types of falcons, they have the same family. Different falcons prefer different habitat. Falcons can have there habitat in grass lands, deserts, arctic, and different types of regions. Falcons can live any where they want, but they need food.

Falcons are called birds of prey. Also, falcons are one of the most strong at hearing and sight and not getting tired of gliding.

Body parts

They have 4 toes on the front of their foot and 2 toes on the back of their legs. Falcons have ear coverments to protect there ears. Also falcons have median coverments to protect there body.

The falcons wings spread 3.6 FT to 3.3 FT. A falcon has big lungs breathe when they fly fast for hunt. Falcons have a body part called the orbit it is a fancy way of saying eye for a falcon. A falcons belly is called an abdomen.

Life Cycle

Peregrine falcons eggs looks like a Mars rock it is orange and dark orange. The peregrine falcons eggs looks like the Merlin egg. Peregrine falcons grow up to grown up size in 14 weeks.

Falcon Habitat

Falcons live all around the world except on water and Antarctica. They live in grasslands, but they also live on skyscrapers. Falcons can travel 15,000 miles with no stop. Some of them live in Mexico spread a lot more.

Green falcons live in colder regions like the arctic and north america and Asia and Europe. Peregrine falcons live in deserts and dry grass lands. Falcons find there habitat when they find there food. The forest falcon lives in the jungle. The laughing falcon lives in low lying woods and eats snakes. Different falcon prefer warmer habitat and warmer regions. Merlin falcons live in the coast regions of Canada in the united states. But a falcon will not migrate to mexico and south america for the winter. A falcons habitat can change from grass lands to deserts and arctic. falcon hide in there home so predators don"t see them. falcons are strong flyers and often fly down for there pray.

Before, DDT affected falcons. It did't kill birds who were already born. If they were not born then they weren't lucky because when mother falcons sat on the egg they cracked . It was very very very hard to survive for a falcon. People found the cause. It was DDT. They reported it, then finally no one could use DDT. Falcons had a change to survive.

Falcons live in cites not just in the wild. When falcons lay eggs falcon don"t make a nest like other birds. Falcons put there nests on skyscraper or man made buildings.

How do falcons catch prey?

Falcons love to eat their prey. Falcons most favorite food is pigeon.

They go 250 mph to 400 kph or they go the length of a football field in 1.2 sec. To go at 250 mph it needs to go in a stoop. A stoop is when the falcon is in a bullet shape ,it does make the air pass right over it.

When they pop out of their stoop it pops out with 25g of force
that so much that when you fly in a rocket you only feel only 4g of force and when you re-entry the earth atmosphere that you feel only 8g of force and the human body can hold up for 12g of force .

Also they have sharp claws and teeth so they get most of all animals with this they kill it's pray in 60 sec.

FUN FACTS

DID you know falcon lived 8-24000000 years ago?

DID you know that a falcon can grow grow-up size in 14 weeks ?

DID you know there are 37 species of falcons?

DID you know that a falcon fly 15000 miles that over one half of the earths equator