As I drove on I-494 by the airport, a Rock Pigeon flew erratically across the road. As it gained altitude, the other bird twisted lower. It was a larger falcon, undoubtedly a Peregrine. At 60mph I was unable to watch the resolution of this drama, but even with the distance between the two birds, the pigeon's choice of gaining altitude was probably a fatal maneuver.
I stopped by Purgatory Creek pond behind the Flagship buildings in Eden Prairie. Among the hundreds of honkers, I easily found a Cackling Goose and suspect that many more were tucked away resting. The cattails along the shore were silent. I was only able to dig out a solitary chickadee. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
