Prairie Falcon in Flight
A prairie falcon streaks past, pivots and dives while hunting along a large cliff in Northeastern Califonia in rural Modoc County. Very similar yet only slightly diminished in size and speed as its distant cousin, the peregrine falcon, the prairie falcon makes its home in the wide, open prairies and arid deserts of the American West interior.
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- ©2017
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Animalia, Aves, California, Chordata, F. mexicanus, Falco, Falco mexicanus, Falconidae, Falconiformes, Gennaia mexicana, Hierofalco mexicanus, Lava Beds, Lava Beds National Monument, March, Modoc County, National Monument, Petroglyph Point, animal, arid, ave, avian, beak, beautiful, beauty, bird, bird of prey, birdwatching, carnivore, desert, dry, fauna, feather, fowl, geology, hunter, natural, nature, ornithology, prairie falcon, raptor, vertebrate, wild, wildlife, wing, winter
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- Falcons and Caracaras
