Everyday (or as often as we can), for the rest of the season, we will be putting a different fact up about peregrines. Today is the first one and I thought about the size of peregrines. Peregrine Falcons have reverse sexual dimorphism in size; this means that the Female is larger than the male, by up to 30%! In addition, the Males weigh just 580 – 750 grams, while females weigh 925 grames – 1.3 Kg.
The photo below, taken from our webcam, demonstrates this…
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