Yosemite Peregrines: A Story Of Hope

What is faster than a race car, can see a meal up to a mile away, and is exquisitely engineered for a vertical lifestyle? A peregrine falcon, falco peregrinus!
The peregrine falcon was once extirpated from much of its native range, including Yosemite where it disappeared for decades, leading to its listing as an endangered species in the early 1970s. Because of the collaborative efforts of Yosemite climbers, University of California Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group, and NPS biologists, with generous funding from the Yosemite Conservancy, the story of Yosemite’s peregrine falcon is one of hope.

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Proud to have been a part of their restoration in Yosemite.

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I love this, I am 74 and coming to Yosemite since I was a kid