Monday, January 15, 2018

fastest animal in the world

Land: cheetah
Water: sailfish
Air: peregrine falcon

I've seen the falcon a few times, but never this close.

Our local transit authority was trying them out as a deterrent for pigeons that were roosting near the stations and causing problems with droppings and triggering the track intrusion alarms.

What was most interesting was how alert they were.  They'd be continually scanning the sky, not looking in a single direction for more than a second.