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Two young peregrine falcons, a male and a female, have been successfully nursed back to health in the OAW bird of prey and owl protection station of the Upper Austrian Nature Conservation Union. The male was found injured and emaciated at the Wels exhibition center, the female in the Linzer Industriezeile. Since they have reached flying weight and the injuries have healed, they were successfully released into the wild in the Linz Botanical Garden on Tuesday, July 4th by employees of the Natural History Station. They will now start looking for a new territory.
320 km/h fall speed
The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) is one of the largest representatives of its genus and is around 320 km/h Fall speed the fastest animal on earth. Its diet consists mainly of flying small bird species, usually domestic pigeons, starlings, thrushes, waders, black-headed gulls and bats, which it hunts either from an elevated perch or from a high circular flight.
Peregrine falcons are rock breeders and inhabit mountainous landscapes and cliffs. Recently they can also be found in cities, especially in industrial plants such as the district heating plant, where two more young birds were found injured. Until they are released into the wild in the botanical garden, they too are raised and strengthened in the OAW bird of prey and owl protection station of the Upper Austrian Nature Conservation Union.
Source: Nachrichten
