Yesterday as I was walking by Bradfield Hall, Cornell campus, about 5pm, I saw a bird circling over the athletic fields that I thought might be a peregrine falcon. I followed its flight until it landed at the top of the stair tower on the south side of Bradfield. I then noticed another bird of similar size perched at the top of the column of windows on the south side. By the time I walked to my car and drove back to Bradfield with my binos, only the one (first sighted) bird was still in sight and I confirmed it was a peregrine. I watched if for about 10 minutes, but then had to leave since I was already running late. I didn't notice either of them this morning when I arrived, though I had seen a bird on Monday circle around the north side of Bradfield that I thought might have been a peregrine.
I wonder if they are looking for a nest site? Can they coexist with the red tails that are building a nest in the light pole by the athletic fields across the street? Marty ======================================================================== Marty Schlabach [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Cell 315-521-4315 Head, Collection Development, Mann Library, Ithaca 607-255-6919 Food & Agriculture Librarian Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 ======================================================================== -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
