About 30 minutes ago as I was walking on the trail from the parking lot at Washington County Grasslands I had a large pale falcon flying along the far tree line.
Bird was paler overall than any PEFA I can ever recall seeing and appeared heavy-bodied and wide-winged. Face appeared grayish as well and I could not make out the helmet of a PEFA. Flight was purposeful and direct and again had a different GIS than a PEFA. Definitely not 100% as view was less than 10 seconds through a scope at .25+ mile. Bird disappeared behind far tree line and has not reappeared. It appeared to have prey in its talons, Shark like a starling or blackbird. Shane Blodgett Brooklyn NY Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
