How to Use peregrine falcon in a Sentence

peregrine falcon

noun
  • This program will include a trio of screech owls, a barn owl and a peregrine falcon.
    — Hartford Courant, 10 June 2022
  • Had a peregrine falcon blown in with the latest winter storm?
    — Wieteke Holthuijzen, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2024
  • There are deer and songbirds and peregrine falcons, gopher snakes and owls and frogs.
    — Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 18 Mar. 2018
  • In her care was a kestrel, peregrine falcon, barn owl, bald and golden eagle.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 29 May 2018
  • Behind the house, a cliff that’s home to peregrine falcons rises out of the forest.
    — Hugh Garvey, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Deer, turkey, songbirds, peregrine falcons and even a bear have been spotted on the land.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2019
  • Less known is the company’s struggle against a pair of peregrine falcons.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Four peregrine falcon eggs in a box near the top of the otherwise vacant building are set to hatch.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Burrowing parrots are the prey of the peregrine falcon, the fastest bird on the planet.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 July 2022
  • The shorebirds usually scatter and scream as the peregrine falcon nose dives at them.
    — Ciarra Luster, orlandosentinel.com, 6 June 2021
  • About two dozen nesting peregrine falcon pairs are believed to be in the Bay Area.
    — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 31 July 2020
  • Explore the trail and keep an eye out for the birds, including bald eagles and peregrine falcons, that live in the area.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The female peregrine falcon in the nest box has been nesting there since 2016.
    — Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The 5-year-old falcon, who had mated with a male peregrine falcon named Dave, laid four eggs in her nest.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 5 May 2026
  • These are poems of saplings, sorrel, peregrine falcons, fox, fireweed, rhubarb, sourdock, and ice.
    — Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • And yet there is hope — a peregrine falcon has nested in the church — and humor as, somehow, life and nature prevail.
    — Clea Simon, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • She was stunned to see a peregrine falcon, its talons gripping the black railing of their west-facing terrace, staring at her.
    — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 20 June 2022
  • What does the future hold for peregrine falcons, just a few years ago considered a great comeback success story?
    — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The highlight came when a young peregrine falcon made a full stoop in excess of 100 mph on a flock of a half dozen pigeons.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The peregrine falcon was removed from the list in 1999 and is now listed as a species of least concern.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2021
  • The landscape is also a bird-watchers’ dream, drawing hawks, eagles, peregrine falcons, and swifts.
    — Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The peregrine falcon lives in Manhattan at the greatest densities of any place in the world.
    — Kate Brown, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
  • The peregrine falcon bounced back and was removed from the endangered species list in 1999.
    — Tim Gallagher, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The world’s fastest hunter—the peregrine falcon—snatches prey out of the sky at speeds of more than 300 kilometers per hour.
    — Katie Langin, Science | AAAS, 12 Apr. 2018
  • New research shows that a robotic imitation of a peregrine falcon could be an effective way to keep them out of flight paths.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Nov. 2022
  • This meant that the peregrine falcon is more closely related to colorful macaws and tiny sparrows than to any hawk or eagle.
    — Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022
  • The one-and-a-half-pound quadrocopter, which has feet and legs modeled after a peregrine falcon, can catch and carry objects ten times its own weight.
    — Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Because Planet Earth aired its first-ever episode about a city, on the return of peregrine falcons to this one.
    — The Editors, Daily Intelligencer, 10 Dec. 2017
  • During the spring, some trails may be closed if peregrine falcons are spotted mating or nesting behavior is spotted in the area.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The peregrine falcon, once endangered in the United States, has a couple of great flying records.
    — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026

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