Hi Christine, & others, I was at Seneca Meadows, just off south end of the parking lot near piles of stone dust and gravel.
Earlier, while eating my lunch in car, I saw 2 Peregrine Falcons fly across the lot from the east and all around west of lot near some tall trees. I hopped out of the car and grabbed my scope, which I did not need at first because they were in easy binoc range. They flew after each other several times and at one time one bird had a small stick in its talon and the other chased it! They called a few times Then, I watched both of them perched a little ways away from each other in one of the tall trees (with binocs and scope). Then I lost them for a minute while I watched some ducks in the pond in front of the trees. Then I searched the tall trees again and saw one of the falcons with a dead bird (Pigeon?) in its talons. It must have just caught it. So, I watched the falcon partially pluck the bird, then start eating it. I think it ate the head first! I watched from different angles. Really great views of these incredible birds! Donna Donna L. Scott 535 Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY 14882 d...@cornell.edu<mailto:d...@cornell.edu> From: Christine C. Bogdanowicz Sent: Monday, November 09, 2020 6:16 PM To: Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Peregrine’s meal That’s so cool Donna!! Where did you see this PEFA?? Happy trails, Christine Christine Bogdanowicz Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Wildlife Health Center Cornell University 607.379.3341 c...@cornell.edu<mailto:c...@cornell.edu> On Nov 9, 2020, at 2:48 PM, Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu<mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote: Lousy scope -phone photo of Peregrine eating bird soon after flight with the stick. <IMG_9086.JPG> Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
