In the early 1990s I spent a magical hour in June in the Yakima River Canyon. Watching from a commanding viewpoint, I counted 21 juvenile prairie falcons screaming for food from three separate nest ...

Despite widespread declines in North American grassland bird populations over the last fifty years, a falcon species on a conservation area in Idaho appears to be holding strong. This is according to ...

Just after dawn, Monte Markley gears up on his farm near Augusta, in southern Kansas. He pulls on a special hunting vest and camouflage cap. "This is a bull-riding glove," Markley says, tugging on a ...

KUNA, Idaho – Gary Moon releases “Laser,” his young prairie falcon, as the sun’s first rays set Southern Idaho’s desert horizon ablaze. The two-pound female, a tiny radio transmitter strapped to each ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... What: With a wingspan of a yard or more, Falco mexicanus can be found in grasslands and other open areas at altitudes of up to 10,000 feet, nesting in cliffs ...

Often, it is the charismatic and spectacular that draws people to nature. When wildlife is depicted onscreen, for example, we’ll usually see images of large mammals and skillful predators -- bears, ...

Colorado has a bit of a split personality with flat grassy plains in the eastern half and mountains dominating the western half. The prairie falcon shares this split identity. While it is widespread ...

This prairie falcon, discovered in Secaucus, was a first New Jersey state record. BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE at the right time is usually what it takes for a birder to find that truly exceptional bird, ...