Last week our tiny local paper “The American Journal” printed an interesting article about a Peregrine falcon and a red-tailed hawk that got in a fatal battle above downtown Main Street. The dueling pair tumbled from the sky into the street below where cars and pedestrians stopped to observe. I didn’t see it myself but I wished I had. The falcon killed the hawk, dragged it to the sidewalk, and proceeded to eat it while several people stood and watched. Didn’t even bother him to have his picture taken. The article said he made such a glutton of himself that he had trouble flying away after and there was concern about him being injured in the battle. He was fine though after a few hours of digesting the meal. I’ve never seen Peregrine falcon …..that sure would have been something to witness!
Peregrine Falcon battles it out
Good gracious!! What a spectacle that must have been!!
Poppysue
We have them here and they love pigeons!! Sometimes down town, people see it, falcon swoops in and grabs one. Guess there will be less poop on the cars.
Cala
In the spring there is a camera watching a falcon nest in PA, you can watch it on the internet. Here is the wesite:
http://www.greenworks.tv/falcon/index.htm
Along with the falcon nest in PA, there is one in Rochester, NY on top of the Kodak building. Both of the sites are great.
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/birdcam2001/index.shtml
Yes here in England we are finding the Peregrine in huge towns and cities, one has plonked its nest on an high spire in the City of Liverpool.