Watching the flight of peregrine falcons can make a grown adult a little weak in the knees. Their incredible swiftness -- they've been clocked at speeds over 200 mph in a dive -- make them the fastest creatures on earth, and quite efficient predators.They've also been recently removed from the U.S. Endangered Species List, though North Carolina still lists them as Endangered.
A little less endangered at Chimney Rock State Park this year, as park officials have announced that a nesting pair have successfully fledged two younglings at the park, a male and a female. Since the reintroduction of peregrines at Chimney Rock in 1984, this is only the second pair of chicks that have been successfully raised by a nesting pair.
And that's big news.
The Military Industial Complex recently said that these Hawks have been drafted into the War against Terrorism and would be assisting the unmanned Dromes in Afghanistan
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