While this isn't about an Ohio bird sighting, it is about birds that nest in
Ohio....

No doubt you have heard various numbers quoted as a Peregrine Falcon's top
speed.  The video in the link below reports on speed trials conducted by a
skydiver releasing a lure for a captive (falconer's) peregrine.  The speeds
clocked are astonishing but apparently real.

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/01/how_fast_do_peregrine_falcons.php

--
Bill Heck

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