For what it’s worth, there was a dead Canada Goose in the middle of the Stewart Park ice shelf on Sunday afternoon. I don’t know what killed it, but a Peregrine today on that or another goose carcass does not necessarily mean that the Peregrine killed it. Maybe the goose carcass is simply an easier source of food at the moment. I’ve seen a video of a falconer’s Gyrfalcon killing a Canada Goose, and it was a long difficult project for that more powerful predator to take down, subdue, and kill such a big prey. It was also a long process for a Peregrine to kill a Willet (ultimately by drowning as I recall), which SFO witnessed in NJ a few years back. Ducks and gulls are more likely items than a goose for a Peregrine to kill, which I’ve also seen a Peregrine upon at Stewart Park in the past. Although I did not witness the actual duck kill, I saw from a distance the Peregrine stoop. Then again, there’s a lot of geese, and perhaps one was too slow or complacent.
By the way, Stuart Krasnoff & I had great looks at an adult Peregrine Falcon at Myers Point on Sunday afternoon. —Dave Nutter > On Jan 12, 2016, at 8:57 AM, Jay McGowan <[email protected]> wrote: > > An adult PEREGRINE FALCON is currently sitting on a goose carcass in the > middle of the ice shelf off Stewart Park. > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- -- 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/ --
