CONSERVATION SUCCESS STORIES: Peregrine Falcon

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it Superman? Well, this time it actually is a bird, the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) to be precise. Though it looks like its close cousins, hawks and eagles, this raptor, or bird of prey, is a great deal smaller than the average hawk or eagle, measuring three and a half feet from one wingtip to the other and weighing up to three pounds.