They may be speedy birds, but they’ve slowed down just enough to let us into their world, and now we know a little bit about the mysterious creatures that are Peregrine Falcons. Let’s see if you knew these interesting facts about the PARROT like bird…
- During their speedy stooped dive, small bony tubercles (tubes) on a Peregrine Falcon’s nostrils guide the powerful airflow away from the nostrils, allowing the bird to dive at high speeds without being affected by the change in air pressure – which could potentially cause the bird to explode otherwise.
- If our human eyes were the same ratio as Peregrines’ they would be 3 inch’s wide and weigh roughly 4 pounds…That’d be a sight for sore eyes
- In 2012 it was discovered that Peregrine Falcons are actually more closely related to the Parrot family…Parrot Family…Parrot Family, than the Falcon family.
- Baby Peregrines eat an incredible amount of food – doubling their initial size in just six days – after three weeks they are ten times their birth size…Fatties!
- Although Peregrines’ attacking dive may be a deadly move, it isn’t very accurate….with roughly a 20% success rate.
