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- The Thunderbolt Bird Soars Again. Laycock, George // Boys' Life;Mar1993, Vol. 83 Issue 3, p38
Focuses on the peregrine falcon, known as the `Thunderbolt Bird', and its comeback from near extinction. What they feed on; Their hunting system; Why the bird was almost killed off; Cities where peregrine falcons nest on tall buildings. INSET: Knowing the peregrine falcon..
- Seattle has bird's-eye view of peregrine falcon nest. Trumbull, Mark // Christian Science Monitor;6/15/95, Vol. 87 Issue 140, p12
Informs the birth of three offsprings of peregrine falcon, an endangered specie in Seattle, US.
- Recovery. // New Internationalist;Nov95, Issue 273, p5
Reveals that the peregrine falcon of the United States is about to be struck off the endangered species list. Recovery of the falcons from the effects of DDT and near-extinction.
- Best Peregrine Season Yet. // National Parks;Mar/Apr85, Vol. 59 Issue 3/4, p35
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- Raptor redux. Howe, Steve // National Parks;Jul/Aug92, Vol. 66 Issue 7/8, p28
Reports on the peregrine falcon's remarkable comeback in its North American ranges. Examines the US National Park Service's role in the falcon's recovery. The pesticide DDT and its impact on falcon eggshells; The Peregrine Fund, founded by ornithologist Tom J. Cade in 1970 at Cornell...
- New birds on the block. Miller, Claire // Ranger Rick;Jun93, Vol. 27 Issue 6, p4
Looks at what peregrine falcons, who live in wide-open country near rocky cliffs, are doing in big crowded cities. DDT, an insect poison; Why peregrines are endangered; How scientists are saving peregrines; Incubators; Hack boxes; Peregrines' nests on buildings in Los Angeles, Baltimore,...
- One more chance at survival for the cloud runners. Moser, D. // Smithsonian;Apr90, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p88
Account of how peregrine falcons and other endangered raptors are raised for reintroduction into the wild at Idaho's World Center for Birds of Prey. Establishing nucleus populations of peregrines throughout their original range; Breeding and hatching raptor chicks; Reestablishing breeding...
- Falcons make comeback in America's urban jungle. Kim, Lucian // Christian Science Monitor;6/14/96, Vol. 88 Issue 140, p4
Reports that the peregrine falcon, endangered since the 1960s, is making a comeback in urban America. Falcon couple's nest atop the Christian Science Center's administration building in Boston, Massachusetts; Pesticide DDT as culprit to the falcon's near extinction; Number of nesting pairs east...
- Falcon footnote. // New Yorker;6/14/93, Vol. 69 Issue 17, p34
Reports that two peregrine falcons that roost on the top of the Bank of New York building, 48 Wall Street, New York, have produced four chicks. The peregrine population in New York City has increased significantly; Chicks to be banded by the city's Department of Environmental Protection.
- Big-City Birds. Marshman, Paul // WILD;Aug2003, Vol. 7 Issue 5, p14
Looks at the efforts made by volunteers to preserve the Peregrine falcons in Canada.
