Parth Kansara, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The adult peregrine has bluish gray wings, a pale underbelly, and a black head.
As with other birds of flight, the falcon is designed with hollow bones, a lightweight beak, and air sacs that connect to the airway. These design features along with its feathers and wing structure make it a capable flyer. The peregrine falcon may teach its young to hunt by dropping dead prey to its flying young who then must grasp it while in flight. This was not part of their behavior until after the Fall of man.
Prairie falcon, American kestrel
CLASS: Aves (birds)
ORDER: Falconiformes (diurnal birds of prey)
FAMILY: Falconidae (falcons)
GENUS/SPECIES: Falco peregrinus
Size: Wingspan: between 3 and 4 ft (1–1.1 m)
Weight: Average 2 lbs (0.9 kg)
Original Diet: Plants
Present Diet: Primarily smaller birds, but also small mammals and insects
Habitat: Found in open country near cliffs, on all continents except for Antarctica
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