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Der Wanderfalk (Peregrine Falcon) Falco peregrinus und Falco pelegrinoides

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By: Wolfgang Fischer(Author)
152 pages, 1 plate with 1 b/w illustration; 52 b/w photos, 9 b/w illustrations, 8 b/w distribution maps, tables
Der Wanderfalk (Peregrine Falcon)
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  • Der Wanderfalk (Peregrine Falcon) ISBN: 9783894324544 Edition: 4 Paperback Dec 1977 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 1-2 weeks
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Language: German

A print-on-demand reprint of this 1977 title.

The peregrine falcon is the first of the birds of prey threatened with extinction. As a bird hunter, it was widespread almost all over the world. The various forms can be grouped into several groups, of which the Holarctic and southern subspecies are characterized by their uniform appearance. The peregrine falcon is a resident, migratory and migrating bird, depending on the geographical location in which it nests, and only the subspecies of the far north are the true "peregrine falcons", which travel huge distances to their winter quarters in the tropics. The bird prefers to choose a nesting site that offers it a wide view, on cliffs that lie by rivers, the sea or on islands. It also colonizes human buildings, ruins, towers or quarries. The rearing of the young – observed carefully and thoroughly by the author – and the actual "prey-catching lessons" of the adults, show us what a highly developed species of bird of prey we have in the peregrine falcon. The current sharp decline of the peregrine falcon in Europe is probably mainly due to the use of insecticides, which indirectly poison the falcons' prey. Although the species has finally been given complete protection after being decimated for a long time by uncontrolled shooting, trapping and egg theft, the constantly decreasing reproduction rate can no longer guarantee the survival of the species.

Summary in German:
Unter den vom Aussterben bedrohten Greifvögeln steht der Wanderfalk in erster Reihe. Er war als Vogeljäger fast über die ganze Erde verbreitet. Die verschiedenen Formen kann man in mehrere Gruppen zusammenfassen, von denen die holarktischen und ebenso die südlichen Unterarten sich durch Einheitlichkeit in der Erscheinung auszeichnen. Der Wanderfalk ist Stand-, Strich- und Zugvogel, je nach der geographischen Lage, in der er horstet, und nur die Unterarten des hohen Nordens sind die eigentlichen "Wanderfalken", die riesige Strecken zu ihren Winterquartieren in den Tropen zurücklegen. Mit Vorliebe wählt der Vogel einen Nistplatz, der ihm einen weiten Ausblick bietet, an Felsen, die an Flüssen, am Meer oder auf Inseln liegen. Auch menschliche Bauten, Ruinen, Türme oder Steinbrüche werden von ihm besiedelt. Die Aufzucht der Jungen – vom Verfasser einfühlend und restlos beobachtet -, der regelrechte "Beutefangunterricht" der Altvögel, lassen uns erkennen, welch hochentwickelte Greifvogelart wir im Wanderfalken vor uns haben. Der gegenwärtige starke Rückgang des Wanderfalken in Europa hat wohl hauptsächlich in der Verwendung der Insektizide seine Ursache, mit denen ja indirekt auch die Beutetiere der Falken vergiftet werden. Denn obgleich die Art endlich unter vollständigen Schutz gestellt wurde, nachdem sie lange Zeit hindurch durch unkontrollierten Abschuß, Fang und Eierraub dezimiert wurde, kann die ständig abnehmende Vermehrung den Fortbestand der Art nicht mehr gewährleisten.

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Monograph
By: Wolfgang Fischer(Author)
152 pages, 1 plate with 1 b/w illustration; 52 b/w photos, 9 b/w illustrations, 8 b/w distribution maps, tables
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