Summary
Peregrine falcon parents guard their chicks fiercely and bring them food high on a cliff or building ledge. Deep Look follows how the adults' care helps the young falcons grow strong enough to fly.
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Ages 7+Mild peril
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Discussion questions
Talk about it
Young falcons can't survive alone. Their parents feed, warm, and defend them until the chicks are ready to hunt and fly — a pattern of parent care seen across the animal world.
- What do peregrine parents do to help their chicks survive?
- Why do the young falcons need so much care at first?
- How is falcon parenting like the care other animal parents give?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: parent, offspring, care, survive.
Try it: List three things animal parents do for their babies. Write how each one helps the young survive.