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Nathan was playing basketball this evening while keeping one eye to the ski= es. He observed a falcon fly rather casually over (through his bins ~20 fe= et high) that landed in a tree approximately 250 yards distant, set up the = scope and alerted me. Following is a combined description from binocular a= nd scope views:* White breast and underbelly, few black spots on breast, mo= re on belly* Very tan mantle & coverts* Black streaking on axillaries & und= erwing coverts, lighter on the primaries & secondaries* Light supercilium* = Dark mustache* Dark ear patch* Mid-sized falcon, clearly larger than a Kest= rel or Merlin. * We live in an open, rural, rather agricultural area. It = perched at the top of a 30 foot tree, giving decent but distant 30-60X scop= e views. I was reminded of a Peregrine Falcon, but the face was different = than I have seen on any adult or immature Peregrines observed in the past -= and other characteristics don't match well either. Migration has been int= ense all day up here. Note that we have carefully avoided the word "Prairi= e" until now....Would enjoy preliminary commentary before submitting docume= ntation. Thanks!Al & Nathan SchirmacherPrinceton, MN (8 miles north)(Pleas= e respond to both [email protected] and pasto...@princetonfreechurch.= net, if possible. Thanks!) _________________________________________________________________ Take a break and play crossword puzzles - FREE! http://games.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=3Dflexicon_ wlmemailtagli= nemarch07= --_02a7cf01-db99-4348-a4e1-cabe756c2a70_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style> P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body><div style=3D"text-align: left;">Nathan was playing basketball this e= vening while keeping one eye to the skies. He observed a falcon fly r= ather casually over (through his bins ~20 feet high) that landed in a tree = approximately 250 yards distant, set up the scope and alerted me. Fol= lowing is a combined description from binocular and scope views:<br><br>* W= hite breast and underbelly, few black spots on breast, more on belly<br>* V= ery tan mantle & coverts<br>* Black streaking on axillaries & under= wing coverts, lighter on the primaries & secondaries<br>* Light superci= lium<br>* Dark mustache<br>* Dark ear patch<br>* Mid-sized falcon, clearly = larger than a Kestrel or Merlin. <br>* We live in an open, rural, rat= her agricultural area. It perched at the top of a 30 foot tree, givin= g decent but distant 30-60X scope views. I was reminded of a Peregrin= e Falcon, but the face was different than I have seen on any adult or immat= ure Peregrines observed in the past - and other characteristics don't match= well either. Migration has been intense all day up here. <br><= br>Note that we have carefully avoided the word "Prairie" until now....<br>= <br>Would enjoy preliminary commentary before submitting documentation.&nbs= p; Thanks!<br><br>Al & Nathan Schirmacher<br>Princeton, MN (8 miles nor= th)<br>(Please respond to both [email protected] and pasto...@princet= onfreechurch.net, if possible. Thanks!)<br><br></div><br /><hr />Take= a break and play crossword puzzles - FREE! <a href=3D'http://games.msn.com= /en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=3Dflexicon_ wlmemailtaglinemarch07 ' target= =3D'_new'>Play Now!</a></body> </html>= --_02a7cf01-db99-4348-a4e1-cabe756c2a70_--
