I went on an exciting field trip at work yesterday. Three baby peregrine falcons and a mom and dad are living on the roof of the Bell Tower in downtown Edmonton and two co-workers and me went to watch the babies get banded. The reason they are banded is so that the birds can be tracked. The babies were very cute in an only-a-mother-could-love kind of way, but the mother was not very happy when we took the babies away, although it was only temporary.
These birds of prey can fly over 200 km per hour and they have been known to seriously hurt humans if they get near their babies. Imagine a bird flying at 200 km per hour and hitting you. Ouch!
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