r/BirdingMemes

Not sure what counts for this sub but I think it's my best work so 🙏

Fun fact, the highest speed record of a stooping peregrine was achieved by a captive individual trained by a skydiver, and was dropped from a plane 3 miles up in the air.

But would you give him a chance?

Via Mass Audubon

I’m new to this app but I thought this community might appreciate my birding meme :) drew it back in high school but aside from some font issues I think it holds up pretty well

"A pair of Peregrine Falcons dive-bombed researchers at San Jose City Hall as they worked to tag their chicks as part of a decades-long monitoring program. They say the peregrines are experiencing a population collapse due to the Avian Flu, which they get from their prey. In 2020, researchers reported 47 peregrine nests in the Bay Area; now, only 11 remain, with healthy adult falcons breeding." [source]