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From: John P. Ellis <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Subject: St Paul Peregrine/Rock Pigeon (deceased)
To: [email protected]
My son Alex was coming home along Snelling Avenue this afternoon and
encountered an interesting city scene. Evidently a Peregrine Falcon had made
a successful stoop on a Rock Pigeon over Snelling Avenue just in front of
the Fire Station between Selby Avenue and Summit Avenue and was attempting
to partake of its kill in the snowfall on the four lane (quite busy)
thoroughfare but was having trouble with the traffic. An onlooker , who had
evidently witnessed the kill, or at least the aftermath, had flagged down
one of St. Paul's finest. The officer, noting that he had never cared much
for Rock Pigeons, directed traffic around the kill allowing the Peregrine to
eat. (Evidently a DNR employee, on his way home from work had a camera and
managed to get some photos (requested by one of the firemen who also was a
witness to at least part of the spectacle) so there may be documentation
around at some time in the future. John Ellis-St. Paul
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