Look up! A bird!
It can dive.
It can see well.
Its lunch is a bird.
It lives on lots of land.
Its nest is on a cliff.
Words to know
- dive: go down
- cliff: high rock wall
Facts
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A Bird That Dives
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Sources
- https://www.peregrinefund.org/explore-raptors-species/falcons/peregrine-falcon
- https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/peregrine-falcon
- https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Birds/Peregrine-Falcon
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/facts/peregrine-falcon
- https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Falco_peregrinus/
- https://www.fws.gov/press-release/1999-08/peregrine-falcon-back-babbit-announces-removal-worlds-fastest-bird-endangered
- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-08-25/html/99-21959.htm
- https://peregrinefund.org/news-release/peregrine-falcon-delisted
- https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/70929-fastest-bird-diving
- https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70020215
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3914994/
- https://scholars.duke.edu/publication/919666
- https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2001/Swirly-Bird-Gets-the-Prey
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