By Ainslie Cruickshank – The Narwhal
Researcher Laurenne Schiller was walking with her partner in a Nova Scotia park a few years ago when the pair spotted a peregrine falcon. Isn’t it amazing, one of them commented, that the birds are still here?
Almost 50 years ago, scientists declared the raptor an endangered species in Canada. But peregrine falcons didn’t go the way of the dodo. Not only are they still around, their numbers have increased.