Birds Identified: Peregrine Falcon

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Peregrine Falcon has these characteristics:

• Still perching
  
• Continuous flying
  
• Larger than robin
  
• Tail long
  
• Mostly black and white, or other dark color and white
  
• Mostly brownish, or with many brown streaks or spots
  
• Streaks (long spots)
  
• Cross barring
  
• Head stripes or bands
  
• Tail bands (across)
  
• North summer (June through August)
  
• South winter (November through February)
  
• Field habitat
  
• Marsh habitat
  
• Flats or beach habitat
  
• Continuous flying high (near or above treetops when flying)
  
• Perched high (generally above middle of trees when perched or foraging)
  
• Soaring flight (gliding or circling on set wings)
  
• Staccato and twitter call (short sharp notes or rapid series of notes: tinkling, trilling, sputtering, or percussive)
  

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