Peregrine Falcon: The Fastest Bird Ever🦅💨

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   The peregrine falcon is an awesome bird that can live almost anywhere! From freezing cold tundras to hot deserts, from sea level to the tippy tops of mountains - and even in busy cities!

2. Peregrines are kind of lazy when it comes to building nests. 😄 They don’t build them at all! Instead, they just find a shallow dip in some rocks or scrape out a little spot on a cliff ledge - or even on tall buildings!

3. In the U.S., peregrine falcons were once in big trouble. Between the 1950s and 1970s, their numbers dropped a lot, and they were put on the endangered species list. 😢

4. When peregrines dive to catch their prey, it’s called a stoop. And get this—they can dive at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour! That makes them the fastest living animal on Earth. 🏎️💨

5. These birds are super adaptable. That means they can live in all kinds of places - even cities, where they nest on skyscrapers and hunt pigeons!

I think peregrines are so cool because they’re lightning fast! They’re definitely one of my favorite birds of prey. My dad likes them too - he’s into all kinds of predator animals like eagles, hawks, falcons, tigers, and wolves. 🐯🐺

But to be honest... I’m also a little scared of big predator birds. At my house, a hawk always tries to catch my pet bird, River! 😱 But don’t worry - we have a safety net, so the hawk just bumps into it and falls on the ground. 😂 Even River freaks out when that happens - he screams and flaps all over the place! LOL.

Well, that’s just how nature works, I guess. Thanks for reading, and see you in the next article! 🐦💕