Just after dawn, Monte Markley gears up on his farm near Augusta, in southern Kansas. He pulls on a special hunting vest and camouflage cap. "This is a bull-riding glove," Markley says, tugging on a ...

We Energies has set up webcams to keep track of several nesting peregrine falcons at their power plants.Greg Septon has been working to help bring the peregrine falcon back from the edge of extinction ...

In the early 1990s I spent a magical hour in June in the Yakima River Canyon. Watching from a commanding viewpoint, I counted 21 juvenile prairie falcons screaming for food from three separate nest ...

Despite widespread declines in North American grassland bird populations over the last fifty years, a falcon species on a conservation area in Idaho appears to be holding strong. This is according to ...

When you're handling baby falcons, it's best to make sure they're the right age. "If you get them too old, they get too aggressive, and they end up shredding you," John Campbell says, chuckling. "I've ...

Often, it is the charismatic and spectacular that draws people to nature. When wildlife is depicted onscreen, for example, we’ll usually see images of large mammals and skillful predators -- bears, ...

Colorado has a bit of a split personality with flat grassy plains in the eastern half and mountains dominating the western half. The prairie falcon shares this split identity. While it is widespread ...

Bird watchers near the Snake River this summer may have spotted a small black pack amid the light brown plumage on raptors. These aren’t unusually boxy feathers, but GPS transmitters. Boise State ...

An adult male prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus) was presented for evaluation and treatment of self-inflicted wounds along the right proximal patagium. The bird had started self-traumatizing ...

Monte Markley read My Side of the Mountain as a kid and was captivated by the story of a boy and his falcon. He's now a master falconer, training his latest bird on the grasslands of Kansas. Just ...