Yes, the peregrine really is the fastest animal on earth!
This post’s peregrine falcon is an immature individual.
That description is not a character judgement; the colour of its plumage makes clear that it is a young bird.
(photo is copyright Doug Spencer, taken 10 February 2020, in one of the world’s largest salt marshes/salt deserts – the Great Rann of Kutch)
Peregrines live on every continent, bar the frozen one.
Antarctica aside, New Zealand is the only substantial land mass that lacks peregrines.
I took this post’s photo just before the bird flew.
Tomorrow’s post will show an adult, less than a second after it became airborne.
That post will lead you to more information about peregrines…and Kutch.
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Today’s musical Peregrine was composed by its Australian guitarist Doug De Vries.
This ensemble version is from The Edge of Today: a mapping of the Melbourne sound – the 2005 album by saxophonist Rob Burke.
Nick Heywood played double bass, Tony Floyd was the drummer.