ThePeregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) has made a remarkable comeback here in Wisconsin since its precipitous decline starting in the 1950s. While they are still endangered, they are gracing our skies in slowly increasing numbers every year, and they are no longer an uncommon neighbor. In Milwaukee we have several mating pairs and our tall city structures provide excellent nesting sites, including here at UWM on top of our Engineering and Math Science Building, which has its own falconcam to observe nesting behavior, but not much is happening this season yet. The city also offers an abundance of prey, so Peregrines are quite at home here.
The bird shown in my painting is an adult male … calling from what could be a potential nesting site. As can be seen, various shades of grey are the predominant colours in the picture, but I felt this worked well. The high points of the painting are, of course the bird’s head and feet. Apart from being the most important part of a Falcon’s equipment, they also lend a note of relief to the painting by being bright yellow. The branches of the Scots pine introduce an extra colour and a different element in the form of foliage and help soften what is otherwise a very strong composition.
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It has a wide range that spans Central America to South America, including parts of Argentina and Brazil. Its name refers to its taste for bats, but the compact raptor also dines on the occasional bird or large insect. This bird of prey lives in tropical forest habitats, where it tends to nest in cavities on cliffs.
