How to Use peregrine falcon in a Sentence
peregrine falcon
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Burrowing parrots are the prey of the peregrine falcon, the fastest bird on the planet.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 July 2022
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Behind the house, a cliff that’s home to peregrine falcons rises out of the forest.
—Hugh Garvey, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Mar. 2018
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The peregrine falcon was removed from the list in 1999 and is now listed as a species of least concern.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2021
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This program will include a trio of screech owls, a barn owl and a peregrine falcon.
—Hartford Courant, 10 June 2022
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The world’s fastest hunter—the peregrine falcon—snatches prey out of the sky at speeds of more than 300 kilometers per hour.
—Katie Langin, Science | AAAS, 12 Apr. 2018
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About two dozen nesting peregrine falcon pairs are believed to be in the Bay Area.
—Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 31 July 2020
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There are deer and songbirds and peregrine falcons, gopher snakes and owls and frogs.
—Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 18 Mar. 2018
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Explore the trail and keep an eye out for the birds, including bald eagles and peregrine falcons, that live in the area.
—Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2023
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The highlight came when a young peregrine falcon made a full stoop in excess of 100 mph on a flock of a half dozen pigeons.
—John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Oct. 2022
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Four peregrine falcon eggs in a box near the top of the otherwise vacant building are set to hatch.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2021
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In her care was a kestrel, peregrine falcon, barn owl, bald and golden eagle.
—Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 29 May 2018
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Deer, turkey, songbirds, peregrine falcons and even a bear have been spotted on the land.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2019
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The peregrine falcon lives in Manhattan at the greatest densities of any place in the world.
—Kate Brown, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
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Richmond: For the fourth year in a row, nature lovers will be able to watch a livestream of a peregrine falcon nest in downtown Richmond.
—USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2020
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Less known is the company’s struggle against a pair of peregrine falcons.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2020
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Because Planet Earth aired its first-ever episode about a city, on the return of peregrine falcons to this one.
—The Editors, Daily Intelligencer, 10 Dec. 2017
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The shorebirds usually scatter and scream as the peregrine falcon nose dives at them.
—Ciarra Luster, orlandosentinel.com, 6 June 2021
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And yet there is hope — a peregrine falcon has nested in the church — and humor as, somehow, life and nature prevail.
—Clea Simon, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
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Downtown's new peregrine falcon bros Both chicks are males.
—Laura James-Reim, Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2018
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The one-and-a-half-pound quadrocopter, which has feet and legs modeled after a peregrine falcon, can catch and carry objects ten times its own weight.
—Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2021
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She was stunned to see a peregrine falcon, its talons gripping the black railing of their west-facing terrace, staring at her.
—Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 20 June 2022
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In late 2016, two peregrine falcons were spotted on the Berkeley campus, and in the following months a makeshift nest was found on top of a sandbag on the clock tower.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
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Downtown Cincinnati first became a home for peregrine falcons in 1993, and the Mercantile Library put in the work to attract them.
—Annasofia Scheve, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
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Greg Septon, We Energies' peregrine falcon manager, thinks the female is the same one who has been nesting at the site since 2014.
—Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2021
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These are poems of saplings, sorrel, peregrine falcons, fox, fireweed, rhubarb, sourdock, and ice.
—Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
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The rooftop of an Evanston Public Library branch is again home to peregrine falcon hatchlings born recently at the nesting site there.
—Kyra Senese, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2018
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African-elephant noses, the team found, can inhale air at speeds of more than 335 miles per hour, faster than a Bugatti, faster than most bullet trains, faster than a dive-bombing peregrine falcon.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 June 2021
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What does the future hold for peregrine falcons, just a few years ago considered a great comeback success story?
—Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
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Since then, it’s also been designated a bird sanctuary for the peregrine falcon and other bird species.
—Jerry Rice, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
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During the breeding season, a female peregrine falcon fiercely protects her young, attacking anything that comes near the nest.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2023
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