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Falcon Calling
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Posted by bookwyrme (My Page) on Tue, Aug 2, 11 at 18:12
| I *think* this is a peragrine falcon (click for a larger version of any of the images). So--two questions 1) Am I right?
Also, it has spent the last several days flying around the neighborhood calling and calling. Why might it do that?
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RE: Falcon Calling
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| By calling, I mean incessantly, not the occasional cry overhead. |
RE: Falcon Calling
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| Not a peregrine falcon because it lacks the bandit mask. More likely a juvenile sharp-shinned hawk ... screaming for its parents to come feed it. http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/raptors/Hawks/sharpie52.html |
RE: Falcon Calling
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| Thanks! Would the parents still be feeding it, then, in this transitional stage? |
RE: Falcon Calling
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| It thinks they should :) They might be feeding it away from the nest occasionally, but after a while the offspring has to hunt successfully or die. |
RE: Falcon Calling
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| Ah. I've seen sparrows and crows feeding flighted young. I don't know why it never occured to me that hawks might (for a while, at any rate. I doubt the song birds keep it up forever, either). Thanks! And thanks for the link, too. |
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