00:01A living missile, the peregrine falcon.
00:05She's got eyes so sharp she can pick out prey from a mile away.
00:11Just the size of a crow, speed is her weapon.
00:18With her wings tucked in, she dives at up to 240 miles per hour.
00:29A kill in midair.
00:33Her chicks beg constantly for food.
00:37But she is torn between feeding hungry mouths and guarding the nest.
00:43She views anything passing by as a threat.
00:47Five times her body weight, the brown pelicans ignore her warnings.
00:55A dangerous mistake.
01:05Hank on the face, and she throws the hapless pelican off balance.
01:15One down, she circles back for the rest.
01:21A skillful bill flick takes care of another one.
01:25But while she's going after the pelicans, a real threat is making its way toward the nest.
01:33A five foot long gopher snake.
01:36Skillful climbers, they hunt up and down these sandstone cliffs.
01:41And they can easily kill an unprotected falcon chick.
01:46But nothing escapes her eye.
01:55A single strike with her claws is all it takes.
02:02Nothing comes between this mother and her brood.
02:06And that's what we may be holding on�.
02:06And what we have a look from this head of the front is the end.
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