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, ...

ARCOLA -- The two prairie falcons roosting in a crab apple stump east of Humboldt have become celebrities among the bird-watching community. These birds were the top-billed attraction on an Illinois ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are five falcon species regularly observed in Montana: Gyrfalcon (winter only), American Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine and the Prairie Falcon. These birds can be differentiated from hawks and ...