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larryhammerJust now, a falcon who's been hanging around landed on the streetlamp outside my cubie window, holding a lump in one claw. It looked around, hopped ungainly, looked some more. Bent head, then glanced about again, got ready to eat ...
... and a prairie hawk landed beside it, grabbed the lump, and chased the falcon off. It didn't bother checking, but tore in immediately. Down and feathers floated away for several minutes. Then came the preening, and looking around. The waiting. And -- there, it just flew off.
Possibly because there's a Harris hawk, even larger than it, hopping around the nearby pine tree.
---L.
... and a prairie hawk landed beside it, grabbed the lump, and chased the falcon off. It didn't bother checking, but tore in immediately. Down and feathers floated away for several minutes. Then came the preening, and looking around. The waiting. And -- there, it just flew off.
Possibly because there's a Harris hawk, even larger than it, hopping around the nearby pine tree.
---L.
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Date: 5 June 2007 03:41 pm (UTC)How are you liking the Mitcheson?
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Date: 5 June 2007 03:52 pm (UTC)Sometimes the, ah, bird is smaller. I'm watching a handful of copper dragonflies glitter in the sun as they cicle the pine tree. Instead of working.
---L.
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Date: 5 June 2007 05:20 pm (UTC)There is a cam site that has been focused on the life cycle of a pair of Peregrine falcons. Right this very minute one of the three babies is considering its first flight. Papa is watching very closely. (He has slightly lighter chest feathers than mama. (Jose and Clara)
http://sanjose.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=91/nest
The other two are slightly younger and are still picking the infant feathers out. I bet they itch. A short while ago one of them was sleeping. Looked quite dead with its head to one side. Then (to my relief) it woke up.
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Date: 5 June 2007 06:19 pm (UTC)---L.
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Date: 6 June 2007 02:19 pm (UTC)---L.