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Falcon - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Wikipedia's information about the falcon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon
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Peregrine Falcon, Identification - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Learn how to identify Peregrine Falcon, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. Powerful and fast-flying, the Peregrine Falcon hunts medium-sized birds, dropping down on them from high above in a spectacular stoop.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Peregrine_Falcon/id
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Falcon (Falconiforme) - A-Z Animals
Falcons are medium sized birds of prey found all across the world although falcons tend to prefer the more temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/falcon/
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Falcon Bird - Britannica
Any of nearly 60 species of hawk s of the family Falconidae (order Falconiformes), diurnal birds of prey characterized by long, pointed wings and swift, powerful flight.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/falcon-bird
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10,000 Birds - What is a Falcon?
Birding, blogging, conservation, and commentary
http://10000birds.com/what-is-a-falcon
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Peregrine Falcon - Audubon Field Guide
One of the world's fastest birds; in power-diving from great heights to strike prey, the Peregrine may possibly reach 200 miles per hour.
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/peregrine-falcon
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Peregrine Falcon - ARKive
Learn more about the Peregrine falcon with amazing Peregrine falcon videos, photos and facts on ARKive.
http://www.arkive.org/peregrine-falcon/falco-peregrinus/
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Peregrine Falcons - National Geographic
Learn all you wanted to know about peregrine falcons with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/peregrine-falcon
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American Peregrine Falcon
The peregrine falcon belongs to the genus "Falco," which is characterized by long pointed wings. In fact the word Falco is derived from "falx," the Latin word for sickle, in reference to the distinct sickle-shaped silhouette of the peregrine falcon's extended wings in flight.
http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=B01H
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BioKIDS - Falco Peregrinus - Peregrin Falcon
BioKIDS - Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species, the peregrine falcon.
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Falco_peregrinus/
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'Falcon Cam' Reveals How the Birds of Prey Close in for the Kill - The Guardian
Tiny video cameras provide a striking, falcon's-eye view as the birds use 'motion camouflage' to fool hapless crows
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jan/16/falcon-cam-birds-prey-kill-crows
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Attack! How Falcons Stalk Their Prey in Flight - LiveScience
Falcons use crafty hunting strategies to attack prey in flight, a new study finds.
http://www.livescience.com/42612-falcon-attack-strategy.html
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Birds of North America: FALCONS
The Falconidae family contains the falcons, kestrels, caracaras. These are small to medium sized diurnal raptors. They differ from the hawks and their allies by the way they kill their prey. They use their beaks instead of their feet. Falconiformes have a hooked bill with a cere (soft mass) near the base.
http://carolinabirds.org/HTML/NA_Raptor_Falcon.htm
