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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_03B9_01CD45BF.337973C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi JS & All, June 8, 2012 Your vivid description of this bird reminds me of an apparently = similar attack on Alison about 25 years ago as described in my e-mail of = 2007 (pasted below). At the time we guessed Goshawk and probably = discounted Perigrine as being absent or very rare. Now I have second = thoughts. This was in woodland but probably within 200 paces of basalt = cliffs (west of Black Rock ?). START OF PASTE\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Hi Heather & All, June 23, 2007 Is this a definite Peregrine or might it have been a Goshawk ? About 20 years ago my wife was attacked by (as I recall) a Goshawk=20 in a series of very impressive maneuvers. This was in mostly deciduous=20 woodland, a lot of kak-kak-kaking and reminiscent of the cropduster=20 scene in North by Northwest, i.e. climb up, turn sharply, dive, fly=20 straight at the target (wife's head) at eye level and bank away a last=20 instant. This continued while we walked about 50-100 paces along the woods=20 road. I was a few feet away all the time but it consistently picked on=20 Alison. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville END OF PASTE////////////// Yt, DW ----- Original Message -----=20 From: desolatechair@gmail.com=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 12:56 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Strafed by a Pergrine Falcon Profusion of ticks having driven us from eastern valley woods and = fields, Mr Burns and I have been taking our constitutionals along = various shorelines in the area.=20 While walking on the Minas Basin shore at low tide this AM under the = towering blue black cliffs between Hantsport and L.A. (Lower Avonport) I = was startled out of a profound reverie ('what's for lunch?') by a sudden = loud and repeated thumping and a repeated guttural and angry = 'ack-ack-ack' cry about 2' over my head, accompanied by the sudden = appearance of a large dark rapidly moving shadow on the ground directly = in front of me and heading in my direction. Scared the bejeebers out of = me, no word.=20 Recovering from the shock, I looked up as a beautiful and PO'ed = Peregrine Falcon pulled out his power dive at my head and commenced = hovering about 40' above us, all the while guffing us angrily. As I = stumbled along, alternately looking up fearfully in self defence and = down to try and pick a path in the rubble and boulders on the shore, the = PF repeatedly strafed Mr Burns in low level dives.=20 Interestingly as the PF escorted us out of his territory he was in = turn attacked by tiny fearless (or brainless) American Goldfinches who = rose out of the greenery along the cliff edge to contest possession of = the immediate airspace as the PF passed by.=20 All the while regretting the abscence of my phone. And why no phone = one might ask? Because yesterday, while Mr Burns and I were contesting = the possession of a particularly desireable stick, my phone fell out of = my pocket, unknown to me, and onto a stretch of beach 50m wide, 3km = long, and COVERED with millions of small, rectangular, black shale rocks = the excact size and shape of my phone. On a making tide, no less. Anyway = I eventually found it after two hours searching, and decided today to = leave it at home. Brilliant move.=20 Anyway a beautiful day and an interesting experience.=20 Cheers=20 JS=20 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2433/5055 - Release Date: = 06/07/12 ------=_NextPart_000_03B9_01CD45BF.337973C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19222"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi JS & All, = =20 June 8,=20 2012</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Your vivid description of this = bird reminds=20 me of an apparently similar attack on Alison about 25 years = ago as=20 described in my e-mail of 2007 (pasted below). At the time we guessed = Goshawk=20 and probably discounted Perigrine as being absent or very = rare. Now I=20 have second thoughts. This was in woodland but probably within 200 paces = of=20 basalt cliffs (west of Black Rock ?).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>START OF PASTE\\\\\\\\\\\\\\</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Hi Heather & All, = June 23,=20 2007<BR> Is this a definite Peregrine or might it have = been a=20 Goshawk ?<BR><BR> About 20 years ago my wife was = attacked by=20 (as I recall) a Goshawk <BR>in a series of very impressive = maneuvers. This=20 was in mostly deciduous <BR>woodland, a lot of kak-kak-kaking and = reminiscent of=20 the cropduster <BR>scene in North by Northwest, i.e. climb up, turn = sharply,=20 dive, fly <BR>straight at the target (wife's head) at eye level and bank = away a=20 last <BR>instant.<BR><BR> This continued while we = walked about=20 50-100 paces along the woods <BR>road. I was a few feet away all = the time=20 but it consistently picked on <BR>Alison.<BR><BR>Yt, Dave Webster,=20 Kentville<BR><FONT size=3D2>END OF PASTE//////////////</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yt, DW</FONT></DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Ddesolatechair@gmail.com=20 href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com">desolatechair@gmail.com</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 08, 2012 = 12:56=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Strafed by = a Pergrin