Eli5: how do birds like Falcons come out of a 200+mph dive without being ripped apart by air resistance when they spread their wings?

Question

Like the title says. I know Falcons and raptors can dive at 200+ mph. So when they spread their wings to slow down how do they handle the insane force that they would be experiencing?

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Answer 1

When they dive like that, they aren’t hunting land animals. They’re hunting airborne animals.

So they blast past the prey bird at 200mph, barely tap a wing (to not injury itself) and break it. And then snag the meal after it falls to the ground.

They have plenty of time to gradually pull up and avoid crazy stress from air resistance.