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Title: Peregrines at Montezuma Monday Post by: huddiecat on 24-Aug-10, 08:24:02 AM This was posted on the Cayuga Birdlist yesterday...wonder if one of the juvenile Peregrines seen was Jemison.
Suzanne A good amount of reshuffling occurred several times when two juvenile PEREGRINE FALCONS decided to team up and hunt shorebirds in flight. While most birds were in the air, two mostly basic-plumaged adult HUDSONIAN GODWITS joined the rest of the flying birds. They landed out with the dowitchers for a while, then on the mud in the next pond over, then were flushed by the Peregrines (ultimately joined by a third juvenile Peregrine) and disappeared. While we were scanning, I heard a WHIMBREL call twice not far off, but I was never able to locate it. It may have been flying by or it may have been in the taller vegetation, but in any case, keep an eye out for it in the area. Title: Re: Peregrines at Montezuma Monday Post by: Bobbie Ireland on 24-Aug-10, 08:36:33 AM This was posted on the Cayuga Birdlist yesterday...wonder if one of the juvenile Peregrines seen was Jemison. Suzanne A good amount of reshuffling occurred several times when two juvenile PEREGRINE FALCONS decided to team up and hunt shorebirds in flight. While most birds were in the air, two mostly basic-plumaged adult HUDSONIAN GODWITS joined the rest of the flying birds. They landed out with the dowitchers for a while, then on the mud in the next pond over, then were flushed by the Peregrines (ultimately joined by a third juvenile Peregrine) and disappeared. While we were scanning, I heard a WHIMBREL call twice not far off, but I was never able to locate it. It may have been flying by or it may have been in the taller vegetation, but in any case, keep an eye out for it in the area. VERY exciting! Thanks for that, HC! Title: Re: Peregrines at Montezuma Monday Post by: Donna on 24-Aug-10, 08:40:38 AM I'll say exciting! Be nice if it were Jemison and Callidora! Ya never know and joined by a 3rd? Thanks Suzanne, good info.
Title: Re: Peregrines at Montezuma Monday Post by: MAK on 24-Aug-10, 08:58:56 AM :happy: Oh the possibilities! :gum: Thanks Suzanne. :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: Peregrines at Montezuma Monday Post by: Carol P. on 24-Aug-10, 09:00:43 AM Suzanne - Did they by chance post the time they saw these Peregrines? Jemison was released close to 1 pm. and where they saw them?
Title: Re: Peregrines at Montezuma Monday Post by: huddiecat on 24-Aug-10, 11:31:27 AM I asked him and he said it was probably about 5:30 in the afternoon. He saw them near the Knox-Marcellus section of Montezuma. This is on the other side of the thruway, so definitely a possibility. We are considering going up there this week to check it out.
Title: Re: Peregrines at Montezuma Monday Post by: Carol P. on 24-Aug-10, 11:44:26 AM Sounds like a good idea!
Title: Re: Peregrines at Montezuma Monday Post by: jeanne on 24-Aug-10, 11:58:39 AM I have also alerted a co-worker who lives near there. (She is a birder and a photographer). I sent her the blog and she is on the look-out also!
Title: Re: Peregrines at Montezuma Monday Post by: Carol P. on 24-Aug-10, 12:38:04 PM How interesting is it that these juveniles are possibly cooperatively hunting with each other? Some are probably more advanced than others at hunting.
Title: Re: Peregrines at Montezuma Monday Post by: huddiecat on 24-Aug-10, 01:21:50 PM The shorebird migration is really in full force, so there are lots of food opportunities there right now.
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