I’m just going to go right ahead and let my freaky bird nerd flag fly free.
Fly, bird nerd flag, fly!
Saw my favorite bird today for only the second time.
The baddest bad ass in all of birdland.
The peregrine falcon.
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Fly, bird nerd flag, fly!
Saw my favorite bird today for only the second time.
The baddest bad ass in all of birdland.
The peregrine falcon.
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The toxic pesticide DDT almost wiped them out.
By the early 1970s, there were only four peregrines left in all of New York State.
But with the help of falconers on the west coast who donated their birds’ eggs to east coast peers, peregrines survived.
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By the early 1970s, there were only four peregrines left in all of New York State.
But with the help of falconers on the west coast who donated their birds’ eggs to east coast peers, peregrines survived.
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They are marvels of nature.
Perfect machines.
Capable of diving at speeds reaching 200 mph.
We’ve literally modeled fighter jet engines after them.
They’re pint-sized wonders of vision and speed and agility.
Peregrines are just the best.
Second sighting. So cool.
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Perfect machines.
Capable of diving at speeds reaching 200 mph.
We’ve literally modeled fighter jet engines after them.
They’re pint-sized wonders of vision and speed and agility.
Peregrines are just the best.
Second sighting. So cool.
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(Forgive the imperfectness of the photos. Small birds, far away, terrible light, too nerdy-psyched to wait til I ran them through Topaz Sharpen/Denoise before posting.)
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