Sometimes they wail because they’re annoyed but don’t feel like getting up to deal with it. (“I’m impatient - bring it now!”) Peregrines wail when they’re looking for a mate (advertisement wail). Peregrines wail to initiate a food transfer. There are so many reasons for the wail that you can’t tell what it means unless you’re watching them from the ground. It really means “Things are not changing fast enough for my liking.” Wailing means “I want something to change.” The wail sounds awful but does not necessarily mean bad things are happening. “Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)” xeno-canto by Romuald Mikusek. “Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)” xeno-canto by Paulo Belo. Unless you can see both peregrines having the conversation, don’t assume you know what ee-chup means. It takes a lot of practice, listening and watching from the ground, to be able to tell whether an ee-chup means “Hello, my love” or something else. The new peregrine may be an intruder or a potential mate. They say it softly to their mates during ledge displays and more loudly when a new peregrine shows up. Peregrines say “ee-chup” when they are looking at another peregrine. Are the peregrines at their nest site or somewhere else? Are there eggs or chicks in the nest?Įe-chup is a peregrine-to-peregrine vocalization.What are the peregrines doing? Are they perched or flying?.How many peregrines are present at the time?. To understand what a peregrine means, you’ll need to answer to these questions and see what the birds are doing in the sky and on the ledge: Peregrine shouting in flight (photo by Chad+Chris Saladin)Īdult peregrines have four main vocalizations - only four.īecause the sounds have multiple meanings they cannot be interpreted without context.
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