FIELD TRIP: Birds of Prey and Raptor Facts
Grab your stuff and hop in our van full of weirdos to check out Boise Idaho’s finest attraction: a 580 acre preserve of land that is absolutely flush with raptors who could eat your eyeballs. We’re back with another field trip episode, this time visiting The Peregrine Fund’s World Center For Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho. We got a tour from Vice President of the Peregrine Fund Dr. Chris McClure to meet so many birds including California Condors, Harpy Eagles, American Kestrels, Barred Owls, Bald Eagles, and of course the Peregrine Falcon. Also: industrial sized easter eggs, puppet parents, commuting with flesh eating dinosaurs, and the sexiest hat you’ve ever seen.
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The World Center For Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho
Follow the center on Instagram and Twitter, Chris McLure’s Twitter
A donation went to The Peregrine Fund
Links to things we discussed:
Rich Stallcup’s “Farewell, Skymaster” Open Letter
John Bartell’s Falcon Sex Hat Video for ABC 10 Sacramento
Environmental Econ via the EPA
Falcon genomics in the context of conservation, speciation, and human culture
Visual Acuity and the Evolution of Signals
Details That Look Sharp To People May Be Blurry To Their Pets
Peregrine Falcon Migration: A Complete Guide
Restoring Aplomado Falcons to the United States
DDT dumped off Catalina Island
“Beyond the Brink” documentary via the Peregrine Fund
Falconry Permitting Guidelines
UAE conservation fund saves thousands of falcons, raptors from electrocution
Infidelity Common Among Birds and Mammals, Experts Say
Most Female Raptors Are Bigger and Stronger Than Males, but Why?
Remembering Tom Cade, the Father of Peregrine Falcon Conservation
Star Wars' Original Millennium Falcon Design (& Why Lucas Changed It)
How The Millennium Falcon Got Its Name
Why do Vultures Self Defense Vomit?
Vomit bird throws up a defense against predators
Here Come the Condor Chicks of 2023!
General Bald Eagle nesting information
Meet the birds of the Peregrine Fund
Golden Eagles, Peregrines, and Harris’s Hawks
Visual Imprinting in Birds: Behavior, Models, and Neural Mechanisms
The Mysterious Thomas Hayes (and Christine!)
Other episodes you may enjoy:
Chickenology (HENS & ROOSTERS)
Condorology (CONDORS & VULTURES)
Pelicanology (PELICANS), Plumology (FEATHERS)
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Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions, Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media and Mark David Christenson
Transcripts by Emily White of The Wordary
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn