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Peregrine Falcon -
(Falco peregrinus)
 

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Identification

  • Large falcon
  • Adult dark on top, rusty wash below
  • Head black with black area extending
         below eye
  • Light throat, neck and up behind eye
  • Juvenile browner, with brown spotting below
  • 16-21" (51-61cm.)

Habitat

  • Nests on cliffs or tall manmade structures
         in Wisconsin
  • Found near Great Lakes, inland lakes,
         and rivers
     

Additional Information

  • Uncommon migrant, locally fairly common
         summer resident
  • Wisconsin endangered species
  • Rarely seen on the Reserve
  • Nearest nest sites along Mississippi River,
         including the Dairyland Power Plant stack
         in Genoa, WI
  • Man made nest box on US Bank Building
         in La Crosse, Wisconsin

Comparable Species

  • American Kestrel

Perigrine Falcon hunting from a perch 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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