Yesterday morning was a strange birding day - sitting in parking lot at TC3 in Dryden when a perigrine falcon flew into a tree. First, a crow flew by it then perched in a nearby treetop. Then a seagull was flying silently over the parking lot and began calling loudly and circling the tree where the perigrine still remained. After 5 circles it veered off towards Ithaca. Soon after, the falcon left - flying in the same direction as the seagull! After a quiet hour or so, a trio of killdeer landed on the bare part of the pavement as all the grass was now covered with snow. Interestingly, I spent many nights last fall in this same parking lot (6-8 pm) with three killdeer flying in and landing on the grass in that spot that was now snow-covered. Couldn't help wondering if they were the same ones... Colleen Richards --
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