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Comebackers

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North American Peregrine Falcons have also enjoyed an impressive population rebound in recent years. Most birders are familiar with this story; back in the day, the pesticide DDT was in widespread use all over North America. While DDT is still used some places in the world, it has largely disappeared from use in North America.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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It was advisable to remove them at night, to keep them calm, to establish immediately a feeding board on which they would be fed chopped beef and egg to start, then fresh birds, rabbit or squirrel. Nestlings weren’t taken until their down had been replaced by feathers. By 1999, the Peregrine Falcon was removed from the U.S.

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