Remove Endangered Species Remove Falcons Remove Humane Remove Rabbits
article thumbnail

Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

10,000 Birds

That summer of 1938, when he was ten years old, Cade read of two brothers, Frank and John Craighead, who wrote of their experiences with falcons in National Geographic. I knew no falconers. ” Falcons could be taken from the nest just before they were able to fly or caught wild after maturity. The concern possessed him.

Falcons 171
article thumbnail

Comebackers

10,000 Birds

North American Peregrine Falcons have also enjoyed an impressive population rebound in recent years. But within a couple of decades, it’s effects on both wildlife and humanity became apparent. They were secure in their isolated home here until humanity came to Laysan in the 1890s. Half Moon Bay, CA. Santa Cruz Island, CA.

Albatross 198