falcons

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"What the risks are to the falcons, I don't know, but the falcons are there," said Bryan Watts, director of the College of William and Mary's Center for Conservation Biology.

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  1. noun Any of various birds of prey of the family Falconidae and especially of the genus Falco, having a short, curved beak and long, pointed, powerful wings adapted for swift flight.
  2. noun Any of several birds of these or related species, such as hawks, trained to hunt small game.
  3. noun A female bird of this type used in falconry.
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  • Most of the falcons were spent Many Phyrexian negators remained. —  J
  • "What the risks are to the falcons, I don't know, but the falcons are there," said Bryan Watts, director of the College of William and Mary's Center for Conservation Biology. —  News for Richmond Times-Dispatch
  • Peregrine falcons, an endangered species, have been enjoying a comeback in New York.
  • Twelve loci revealed polymorphism through the initial analysis of 24 unrelated peregrine falcons, and Mendelian inheritance was confirmed in two peregrine falcon families bred in captivity. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • That this House welcomes the arrival of two peregrine falcons to the Palace of Westminster; notes that peregrine falcons are a protected species; further notes that peregrines breed in late March and April and congratulates the Palace authorities and Natural England on providing a nesting box for the pair; and wishes these two new residents all the best in their new home and hopes there will soon be a clutch of eggs. —  Dizzy Thinks
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