How falcons attack their prey

Insightful information with the help of falconers from around the world.

http://m.livescience.com/42612-falcon-attack-strategy.html

City Peregrines, thanks to falconers

Want to see peregrines?  GO to the city!!!.  http://www.psmag.com/nature-and-technology/how-do-you-save-peregrine-falcons-send-them-to-the-city

Why are we Falconers?

Great article on WHY we are falconers.  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/07/falconer-hunting-falcons-hawks

Bob Anderson, his legacy

He has passed away this week, but his legacy will be appreciated by falconers for generations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USQs4Bwxa18

Hope is part of Nature's Loan

She has gone back to the wild, with the help of her falconer and his friends:

See the complete story here:

http://www.nafex.net/showthread.php?t=22798

Raptors and Wind Turbines

http://www.nrel.gov/news/features/feature_detail.cfm/feature_id=16495

Peregrine Fund Helps ALL Raptors, (and other birds too).

See how the expertise of the falconer-founded Peregrine Fund helps all birds.  But especially enlightens  citizens all over the world to the natural treasures in their countries.
https://www.facebook.com/ThePeregrineFund

Phelps the eyass peregrine

This little guy will need to stay at Medina Raptor Center until fledgling.
https://www.facebook.com/ChadandChrisOhioPeregrinePage

Peregrine Rehabbed through Falconry training

http://www.falconryforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=137824

Is there any other way?   I think not.  

Stopping bird - wind turbine collisions

A falconry trained raptor may save many avian lives.  :  http://www.nrel.gov/news/features/feature_detail.cfm/feature_id=16495http://www.nrel.gov/news/features/feature_detail.cfm/feature_id=16495

Why peregrines are so fast

They 'pop up' their feathers.  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2572799/The-physics-FALCONS-Scientists-unravel-exactly-peregrine-fastest-moving-creature-planet.html

Peregrines, once nearly extinct, now thrive in cities.

Thanks again to FALCONERS.  Peregrines thrive.  http://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/15/science/once-near-death-a-comeback-bird-thrives-in-cities.html?smid=fb-share

The Falcon Gentle

This is a historical video from the 60s.  Prior to telemetry.  It features some of the biggest names in modern falconry.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8RBKNKS_ls&sns=fb

45 Years of Peregrine Banding Studies

This is a research operation started financed and managed primarily by FALCONERS.

http://www.earthspan.org/fall-peregrine-surveys-complete/

Amur falcons become protected through education

Education of the residents about the value of these beautiful falcons has stopped relentless hunting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/world/asia/falcon-hunters-become-fervent-preservationists-.html?_r=1