[NatureNS] imm. peregrine (anatum) plus harrier at Grand Pre today, Dec. 15

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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:58:34 -0400
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Hi,

I saw (and took lots of pics) of the same bird today at around 1:30pm
- it kept flying short distances, and obviously had a very full crop,
and then returning to the same post. I imagine it had the remains of a
kill up there.

Also saw a light-phase Rough-leg, a F. N.Harrier, and the usual 3 or 4
Red-tails. No sign of any Gyrfalcons, though!

Richard

On 12/15/06, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:
> Dec. 15, 2006 - I checked the main road across the Grand Pre dykelands, and
> the immature PEREGRINE FALCON was sitting on the top of a power pole about
> half-way across the ³reclaimed² marshland. I was able to view it closely
> with my scope from inside the car.  Its moustache marks are very heavy and
> bold on this very dark bird, very dark brown on its back and heavily
> streaked underneath, with a blue-gray cere.  The heavy moustaches etc.
> suggest this immature is of the ³anatum² race, what Cyril Coldwell used to
> call a ³Duck Hawk² -- this was the most heavily endangered race of
> peregrine.
>
> I also saw a first-year NORTHERN HARRIER, a large female, harrying at low
> altitude over the fields not far from the peregrine.
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204
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> Jim (James W.) Wolford
> 91 Wickwire Avenue
> Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
> B4P 1W3
> phone (902)542-9204 (home)
> fax (902)585-1059 (Acadia Univ. Biology Dept.)
> e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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