I last saw a single Peregrine on the east side of Bradfield Hall on the afternoon of Monday 2 March, and it was a quick poor view as I was driving and looking back and up through trees over my shoulder. I had checked thoroughly without success twice earlier that day. Previous to that I saw 2 on Bradfield on 25 February. I have checked without seeing any every other day or so since then. Yesterday as I was checking I talked to a couple of people whom I don't know who were photographing or videoing one of the Red-tailed Hawks, whom they called "Big Red," as it brought a stick to its nest. They said they hadn't seen Peregrines at Bradfield for several days but said the Peregrines were downtown catching pigeons. They also said they didn't "know where the scrape is," which I assume meant they thought the Peregrines are nesting somewhere using a typical shallow scraped area in gravel on a cliff or building.
This afternoon about 2:45 I was at Myers Point with Bob McGuire and Ann Mitchell when a Peregrine Falcon flew out near the lighthouse then back toward land and alit in a tree near the Finger Lakes Marine Service private marina. I had a brief view in flight, then it was rather obscured by branches where it perched, so I couldn't tell the gender, but I think it was an adult - blue gray back in flight, bold pattern on face. --Dave Nutter On Mar 10, 2015, at 01:42 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone seen the Peregrines lately? I went during lunch and did not see > any. > > > > Meena > > > > Dr. Meena Haribal > > 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) > > Ithaca NY 14853 USA > > Phone 6073011167 > > Email: [email protected] > > > > > > > http://haribal.org/ > > http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ > > Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q2p4 > > Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/140817samplebook.pdf > > > > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > > Rules and Information > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > Archives: > The Mail Archive > > Surfbirds > > BirdingOnThe.Net > > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
