The Prairie Falcon is a pale brown falcon with a heavily spotted cream coloured belly and a striped tail. The dark brown marking on the underwing is distinctive. Prairie Falcons hunt for birds and small mammals in grasslands, sagebrush steppes, and cliffs, and especially near lakes and streams.
Eyries (broods of young) are situated as much as 90 m high on cliff ledges, usually with a protective overhang, and looking out over the hunting area.
This small wren can often be heard long before it is seen as it stands on a rock ledge or boulder with tipped up tail practicing its many different songs. The Rock Wren is a small bird with gray-brown back, cinnamon rump and tail, and a pale grey-white streaked front. It nests in a rock sheltered crevice, or under a rock and often paves the entrance of its nest with small rock chips.
Want to know more about some species at risk in rocky talus slopes and rock outcrops?Go to Species at Risk
Here is a list of other representative species in rocky talus slopes and rock outcrops:
Canyon WrenGolden EagleHorned LarkWhite-throated SwiftRed:Peregrine Falcon
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