Hello again fellas, after comparing hawks with falcons and admiring the beauty of eagles we are now moving to our next post, which is as interesting as the falconry post, however we are going to talk about how falcons live when they are not trained or even after they are trained and released.
As we said before the most impressive specie of falcons is the Peregrine Falcon the way it hunts is “mainly in flight, so they dine almost on other birds. However very young hawks catch flying insects and ground-dwelling animals” (pbs.org) As this page explains, peregrine falcons are not the kind of bird that hunts usual rats and spiders but they prefer to hunt while on the air.
Hawks usually breed when they are 2 years of age, and in order to attract the female, “the male will put on aerial courtship display to attract a mate to a section of nesting sites”(pbs.org) Female will lay a small amount of eggs, around 5-7, it takes a month before the eggs hatch. Once the eggs finally hatch the usual weight of the newborn is about 1.5 ounces, considering its size it’s quite heavy.
The mortality rate of young peregrines is very high, about one in 10 makes it to the breeding age and they can live only up to 15 years.
Well that’s all for today folks, see you next time, we are going to talk about the migration and adaptability of hawks to other climates and parts of the world. Stay tuned :D!
Hi! Ohh well, I need to say that I liked the information that you presented in this new post because, after reading it, I learned a lot about falcons (: Hawks, falcons, eagles... they are very beautiful animals but, in my opinion, eagles are the most beautiful of them. I think that it is fantastic and very important to know more about these animals that share the world with us in order to know more about their behavior and even to know more about the activities that they need to do to survive. All shown before can help us to start caring more about them and in their preservation.
ResponderEliminarI was thinking about your blog and I thought that it would be very interesting (and even a little bit controversial) if you talk about the advantages of "Falconry", to show how that this activity is not only negative because I'd read that there are several readers that are against this sport. Show them the advantages and disadvantages of this sport, destroy those false ideas that they have on their minds (: Also, in a future, maybe you can talk about the importance of preserving this animals and maybe you can link this with falconry.
Well, that's everything for today… I really liked your blog and I'll start checking it frequently. And hey! Visit my blog sometime… maybe you can get interested about the topics that I write there :P ohh well, just if you want to (: See ya!