![February 2024 Photo-observation of the Month](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PEFA-280x200.jpeg)
February 2024 Photo-observation of the Month
Congratulations to iNat user @winterglow for winning the February 2024 Photo-observation of the Month for the Vermont Atlas of Life on iNaturalist! Their mid-flight photograph of the fastest bird on earth, the Peregrine Falcon, received the most faves of any iNaturalist observation in Vermont during the past month.
![A Tale of Two Recoveries](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Bird-Mt-male-chick.S.Faccio-280x200.jpg)
A Tale of Two Recoveries
It’s extremely rare that banded birds are recovered or re-sighted outside of the immediate area in which they were banded. Imagine VCE’s surprise and excitement upon learning of two “foreign” band recoveries in 2017.
![How Falcons Die](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pefa-800-280x200.jpg)
How Falcons Die
A new VCE study tracks Peregrine Falcons at birth and at death One peregrine falcon, which hatched on a cliff…