### animal | vertebrate | bird | raptor | hawk:

Falcon
* All falcons have dark eyes, dark facial markings and long toes for catching their avian prey.
* Most falcons adapt to life.
* Most falcons are known as falcons
  - monogamous and they have unique breeding cycle
  - capture prey
  - catch food
* Most falcons eat animals
  - mammals
* Most falcons feed hatchlings
  - on birds
* Most falcons fly over habitats
  - heads
  - ponds
  - trees
  - fold wings
  - follow prey
  - go to air
  - grab prey
* Most falcons has-part beaks
  - claws
  - legs
* Most falcons have ability
  - anatomies
  - bones
  - external anatomies
  - keen vision
  - taper wings
  - lift wings
* Most falcons live in nature
  - regions
  - love mice
* Most falcons make eggs
  - nests
* Most falcons occupy areas
  - occur in habitats
  - possess eggs
  - prefer habitats
* Most falcons return to forests
  - seek prey
  - shake wings
* Most falcons sit on eggs
  - spread wings
  - threaten colonies
* Most falcons wait for fish
  - meals
* Some falcons are inside nests.
* Some falcons eat birds
  - insects
  - many birds
  - pigeons
  - reptiles
  - small reptiles
  - enter nests
* Some falcons fly over eggs
  - islands
  - water
  - form pair bonds
  - give birth to predators
* Some falcons kill bats
  - small birds
* Some falcons live in Australia
  - parks
  - tundra
  - mate for life
  - possess nests
* Some falcons prey on birds
* Some falcons reach maturity
  - sexual maturity
  - relate to magpies
  - require countrysides
  - rest on islands
* Some falcons return to colonies
  - seek pigeons
  - seize squirrels
* Some falcons sit on poles
  - stumps
  - wrists
  - spread legs
* Some falcons wait for animals
  - frogs
* adapt easily to urban life
* are birds of prey
  - carnivorous and sensitive to stored food during breeding
  - famous for their swooping dives to catch prey
  - fast flying hunters suited for taking prey in the air
  - generally solitary birds and only really come together to mate
  - great hunters and one of endangered species in the world
  - to be very susceptible to avian influenza
  - longer-winged than buteos and accipiters, and they have tapered tails
  - majestic creatures and cunning hunters
  - medium to small birds of prey with pointed wings and long, thin tails
  - migratory birds from breeding grounds to wintering grounds and back
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  - raptors
  - roughly divisible into three or four groups
  - slim, hawk-like birds, with pointed wings and long tails
  - small, speedy birds of prey known for their aerial agility
  - streamlined birds with pointed wings and longish tails
* are strong and agile
  - fast fliers
* are the fastest creatures on Earth
  - jets of the natural world
  - very sensitive to climatic conditions and fastest in the animal kingdom
* can can attack just like parrots, but they can also be used to fend off or kill parrots
  - find an abundance of prey including pigeons, waterfowl and shorebirds
* catch animals
  - rats
* chase doves.
* close feet.
* exhibit eyes
  - movement
* frequently swoop overhead.
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* generally moult once a year.
* have a small tubercule within each nare
  - streamlined body, long, pointed wings and long tails
  - unique way of catching their food
  - long, slim wings which taper to pointed tips
  - two regions of retina for acute vision
  - wings that are narrower than other raptors to aid in their speedy flight
* hunt pheasants.
* includes air sacs
  - bird's feet
  - brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - faces
  - flight feathers
  - lips
  - mouths
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - quill feathers
  - rib cages
  - second joints
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - talons
  - vacuoles
  - wishbones
* lay eggs.
* learn to fly in Western Lakes proving ground.
  - pairs
  - up the third grouping in the hawk family
* nest in corners.
* nest on cliffs
  - ledges
* occasionally clutch.
* only breed in captivity when they feel convenience and comfortability.
* perch in tall trees
  - open country
* prey mostly on pigeons which are found in abundance near our generating stations
  - upon wintering individuals
* remain symbols of speed and power in our modern society.
* shake heads
* share a close evolutionary history with both hawks and eagles
  - characteristics
* start to breed when they are about a year old.
* typically begin incubation after the second or third egg.
* use both their talons and beak to subdue prey
  - old nests of other species
* usually catch their prey, primarily birds, in the air.