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Falcons
 
 
 
Order:	Falconiformes (Falcons and caracara) - 1 family
Family:	Falconidae (Falcons and caracara) - 10 genera
Genus:	Falco - falcons, peregrines, kestrels, merlins
Species (5 out of 38 species depicted)
 
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
 
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
 
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
		
 
Lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus)
	
 
American kestrel (Falco sparverius) - depicted separately
	
 
Caracaras - 4 species depicted separately
	
 
Misc
	
	
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
Falcon and Falconer
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
Dubai
Sea Gull and Falcon - Featured Friends
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Peregrination
 
One in the hand
      
      
      
 
	
 
Peregrine take-off
      
      
      
 
	
Peregrine eating bird
      
      
      
 
Peregrine eating bird
      
      
      
 
Bob and Bill with falcon
      
      
      
 
	
	
The end of his peregrinations
Road kill lesson
Giants Table, Tasmania
September 5, 2015
	
Merlin (Falco columbarius )
Avian wizardry
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Family:	Falconidae (Falcons and caracara)
Kelley Park
March 18, 2023 Bioblitz
Canon R5
	
Lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus)
	
 
Lanner
 
 
 
 
 
 
	
	
Misc
Man, falcon, and glyphs
 
      
  
 
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