Hello! After the Montezuma/RBA field trip today, several of us headed over to Van Dyne Spoor for some later-evening birding. A young Peregrine Falcon was once again perched on the power poles, just like last week, but this time we briefly saw its leg band colors: the right leg had a blue band, and the left, black over green. Is this one of the local hatches?
Also at Van Dyne, we noticed two of the Night-herons (1 adult, 1 juvenile) dipping their beaks in the water and opening and closing them while still partially submerged. They didn't appear to be drinking. Were they fishing, or trying to attract prey in some fashion? Is this a typical maneuver? One of the sights at Van Dyne included the aforementioned Peregrine attacking and hitting (not fatally, as the bird escaped) a young Black-crowned Night Heron. Judging from the fact that the bird seems to favor a peach above a Cormorant carcass (from which it was observed feeding last week), it doesn't seem like this bird thinks small: it's picking out some large targets! All in all it was a very nice day even though we didn't get the Wilson's :) -kimberly -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
