I’m still reading Thor Hanson’s little book, Feathers, and it inspired me to look up this amazing little video on YouTube (there might be an ad before the video starts; if so, I apologize, but I can’t control the external site).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3mTPEuFcWk
242 miles per hour, the Peregrine Falcon can fly in a stoop.