An interesting story---I walked out of my house yesterday, up the street from Rudolph's Barbeque, and heard the squawking of several crow sitting in a tree over my parking lot.� I look around, and see that a hawk has a smaller black bird pinned to the ground.� It was tawny grey, small beak, a distinctive fan-shaped tail with gray and whitish stripes.� It was probably 10-12" tall.� It was undisturbed by the crows, and not tearing at the bird.� I walked slowly around it at a distance of 15-20 feet, and finally it flew off, and the black bird, likely a starling scurried to a hiding place 4 feet away.� The area pigeons and sparrows were all flying around as well.� The whole thing was quite striking.
Keith Prussing
Wedge
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From: Glenn P Hirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent To: Sharon Stiteler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Mnbird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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Subject: Re: [Mnbird] Peregrine in Uptown
Date Sent: 13 Jan 2003 02:36 PM
This Peragrine nearly beheaded my daughter and me (probably a little�
exaggeration here) as we were walking to our car from Calhoun Square on�
Saturday.� It flew just a few feet over our heads, something in its�
talons (probably a pigeon) being pursued by about 6 crows.
Glenn Hirsch
Sharon Stiteler wrote:
>� I was taking Lake Street home at 11am and when I got to Colfax there was a
> peregrine falcon sitting on the side of a school building.� I went to lunch
> and it was still roosting there an hour and a half later.� I stopped home,
> grabbed my spotting scope and digi-scoped a few images, but if anyone needs
> a peregrine, now is a good time to get one.
>�
> It's an adult and is low enough that it is easily seen (and identifyable)
> without binoculars.
>�
>�
