If you want to see the birds of prey in their natural habitat, ask park rangers to suggest trails to mountaintops where the peregrines nest.  Then watch the young ones fly at incredibly high speed as they perform astounding acrobatics. You’ll be amazed – even awed – as you watch peregrine siblings play, gripping their talons together and tumbling through the air.

If you’d like to explore how our park biologists are helping relocate coastal peregrine checks to the mountaintops of Shenandoah through a process called hacking, click HERE to learn more.