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 ...

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 ...

Adult Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) peering down from basalt cliffs in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in Southwestern Idaho.

If wide population distribution is a sure sign of an animal’s evolutionary success, then the falcon is a clear winner. The roughly 40 types of falcons are distributed across every continent except ...