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AERIAL ECOLOGY I: PEREGRINE FALCON HUNTING BIRDS IN FLIGHT { 18 images } Created 18 Jun 2019

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  • Peregrine falcon in hunting  flight looking down at potential prey, © David A. Ponton
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  • Hunting peregrine falcon looking down as it passes overhead, © David A. Ponton
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  • Wild peregrine falcon hunting, © David A. Ponton
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  • Peregrine falcon in flight looking down at potential prey, © David A. Ponton
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  • Peregrine falcon making a shallow dive to intercept prey. © David A. Ponton
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  • Peregrine falcon flying low after missed strike at prey, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, © David A. Ponton
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  • Peregrine falcon flying low after missed strike at prey, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, © David A. Ponton
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  • Peregrine falcon flying low after missed strike at prey, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, © David A. Ponton
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  • Peregrine falcon recovering speed and altitude after missed strike at prey, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, © David A. Ponton
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  • Peregrine falcon flying hard to gain altitude over prey, close profile view showing aerodynamic body form, Wyoming, © David A. Ponton
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  • Peregrine falcon flying hard with downward wing stroke bending the primaries upward. The airfoil wing form is evident. © David A. Ponton
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  • Peregrine falcon pitches up and starts a turn after missing a strike at prey, © David A. Ponton
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  • Peregrine falcon twists to dive vertically toward prey, its head  oriented with gravity and flight direction. © David A. Ponton
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  • Peregrine falcon rolls inverted to make a fast turn and begin a dive toward prey, © David A. Ponton
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  • Peregrine falcon's wings and body are inverted to enable the powerful "down stroke" of its wings to make the transition from level flight to diving, and  to accelerate its dive toward prey, keeping its head oriented with gravity and flight direction. © David A. Ponton
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  • Peregrine falcon bank over to start a vertical dive, using a few fast wing beats to accelerate into a gravity dive toward prey, © David A. Ponton
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  • Cliff swallow in flight over pool reflecting sky, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, © David A. Ponton
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  • Peregrine falcon in flight carrying prey it has just captured, a cliff swallow, with one foot freed from gripping the prey, most likely to enable landing, © David A. Ponton
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