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Dave,
Given the woodland setting, it really sounds more like a Northern =
Goshawk than a Peregrine. NOGO are very well known to be extremely =
aggressive when yoiu are anywhere near the nest. I had an experience =
similar to Alison's in a park in Alberta many years ago.
Bob McDonald
----- Original Message -----=20
From: David & Alison Webster=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Strafed by a Pergrine Falcon
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 ?).
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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 =
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 =
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
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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
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Given the woodland setting, it really =
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like a Northern Goshawk than a Peregrine. NOGO are very well known =
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extremely aggressive when yoiu are anywhere near the nest. I had =
an=20
experience similar to Alison's in a park in Alberta many years =
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Bob McDonald</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=3Ddwebster@glinx.com href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">David =
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Alison Webster</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 08, 2012 =
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Pergrine Falcon</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi JS & All, =
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June 8,=20
2012</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> Your vivid description of this =
bird=20
reminds me of an apparently similar attack on Alison about =
25 years=20
ago as described in my e-mail of 2007 (pasted below). At the time we =
guessed=20
Goshawk and probably discounted Perigrine as being abs