peregrine falcons
Vortices enable the complex aerobatics of peregrine falcons
... obtained by a 3D scan of a stuffed peregrine falcon with its wings fixed accordingly with the morphology observed from detailed analysis of the recordings during the field experiment. These coordinates were imported ...
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Curved flight paths and sideways vision in peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus)
... the peregrine falcons in this study were usually ...a peregrine can probably approach distant prey more quickly along a curved path with its head ...
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Characterization of a New Species of Adenovirus in Falcons
... aplomado falcons (Falco femoralis septentrionalis) from 9 to 35 days of age and in 6 of 102 peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) from 14 to 25 days of ...six peregrine falcons ...
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Aerodynamics of the Cupped Wings during Peregrine Falcon’s Diving Flight
... dive peregrine falcons can reach velocities of more than 320 km/h and makes themselves the fastest animals in the ...falcon peregrine dive is our focus ...
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Aerodynamics of the Cupped Wings during Peregrine Falcon’s Diving Flight
... dive peregrine falcons can reach velocities of more than 320 km/h and makes themselves the fastest animals in the ...falcon peregrine dive is our focus ...
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The peregrine falcon's rapid dive: on the adaptedness of the arm skeleton and shoulder girdle
... diving peregrine using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), from which the pressure distribution and shear stresses along the body and wing contours can be ...of peregrine falcons (Ponitz et ...
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The behaviour and development of New Zealand falcons (Falco novaeseelandiae) nesting in a plantation forest : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Conservation Biology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... black falcons (Falco subniger), brown falcons (Falco berigora), grey falcons (Falco hypoleucos), gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus), New Zealand falcons, and peregrine falcons (Falco ...
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Kleptoparasitism by Bald Eagles ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus ) as a factor in reducing Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus ) predation on Dunlin ( Calidris alpina ) wintering in British Columbia
... The study area is at Boundary Bay in the Fraser Riv- er estuary of southwestern British Columbia (49°05'N, 123°00' W). The bay is 16 km across, and the intertidal zone is roughly 5 km wide at the lowest ebb. The tide ...
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Avian surface reconstruction in free flight with application to flight stability analysis of a barn owl and peregrine falcon
... The peregrine falcon flights P1 and P2 were generally symmetric, while flight P3 showed asymmetry in span and sweep as a result of the partial retraction of the left wing ...The peregrine falcon showed ...
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Falcons pursue prey using visual motion cues: new perspectives from animal borne cameras
... hybrid falcons hunted in a pair while one of the birds wore a video ...hybrid falcons was habituated to wearing the head- mounted camera, so the video data presented here are from one ...a peregrine ...
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In vivo bite and grip forces, morphology and prey killing behavior of North American accipiters (Accipitridae) and falcons (Falconidae)
... 8 peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus Tunstall), 6 American kestrels (Falco sparverius Linnaeus), 3 merlins (Falco columbarius Linnaeus) and 4 prairie falcons (Falco mexicanus Schlegel) from May 2005 ...
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Host-specific exposure and fatal neurologic disease in wild raptors from highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 during the 2006 outbreak in Germany
... and peregrine falcons (Figure ...one peregrine falcon (F2), there was multifocal mild to moderate infiltra- tion with mononuclear cells around blood vessels, in meninges and beneath the ependyma, ...
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Isolation and Epidemiology of Falcon Adenovirus
... from falcons that died during an outbreak of inclusion body hepatitis and enteritis that affected neonatal Northern aplomado (Falco femoralis septentrionalis) and peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum) ...in ...
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Birds
... In the most recent review of Tasmanian birds, by Ridpath and Moreau 1966, the only species listed as common in this habitat are pipits Anthus novaeseelandiae and peregrine falcons Falco [r] ...
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Gliding flight: speed and acceleration of ideal falcons during diving and pull out
... real falcons in nature, but they do not necessarily describe real ...ideal falcons are extrapolations based on measurements at speeds less than one-fifth of those that ideal falcons can achieve, and ...
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Diet composition and prey choice of New Zealand falcons nesting in anthropogenic and natural habitats
... of falcons nesting in a vineyard-dominated landscape with that of falcons nesting in natural habitat in nearby ...of falcons. Avian prey was the main food source for falcons during the ...
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Criminal Circuit in Upper Canada a Century Ago
... 25 See the address to Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, of the Baptist Church in Clinton, District of Niagara, signed by John Upfold, pastor, and Jacob Beam, c[r] ...
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The ecological requirements of the New Zealand falcon (Falco novaseelandiae) in plantation forestry : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... Adult falcons were trapped using a variety of methods, dependent on the situation, including Balchatri traps, noose hats and Dho-gaza nets (Fox 1977, Bloom ...Zealand falcons, nine males and seven females, ...
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Non breeding ecology of New Zealand falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae) in a pine plantation forest : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand
... (most falcons nestedinopenground,innewlyclearͲcutstandsonstandswithpinesageuptothree years old: Seaton, Holland, Minot, & Springett, 2009, ...Zealand falcons in Kaingaroa forest, a plantation forest in ...
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Non breeding ecology of New Zealand falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae) in a pine plantation forest : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand
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