For my info - and perhaps that of others who cannot be there...
How can the Watchers tell the difference(s) between the various PeFas? Esp in the sky!? Or high on a building? I would love to know.
I would also like to think that Mr T will find true love... he has been a most welcome part of our winter watching, and I for one wish him well. Sweet little guy... would Beauty have been lonely without him? Or is this me (and others) being anthropor-thingie...?
If they are in the air you can sometimes go by size otherwise you can't really tell unless you knew who it was before they were airborn. I look at the moustache,chest color and how dark the head is. The white on Archers moustache goes higher than on Beauty and his is whiter while hers is more salmon colored like her chest. And there's always that white feather on his right wing to look for on him.I feel Archer has a certain look when he turns on the speed for a stoop that is uniquely his. I have had the privilege of witnessing a few of them already. On buildings you look for bumps on rooftops,then you try to get closer or better angles(driving or walking)for identifying them. Check for bands on their legs if they let you. You can also ID them by their own favorite spot on buildings. For instance,Beauty likes Mercurys money bag hand and the 5th column on Xerox as well as on top of the main camera. Archer likes the Frontier Communications tower and the base of Mercury. Of course lots of practice helps ALOT!
I very much enjoyed Mr. T. I feel he left without incident and I thank him for all the time spent in our fair city.
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I have witnessed many a territorial chase by the males. They are non-stop motion! Thanks for sharing Donna! 
Thanks Louigi, I love Neil Young! bguitar
These are powerful birds for sure, but a goose!? Man, I'd like to see Beauty flying with a goose in her talons! The couple of times that I saw her with a gull she was losing altitude as she went along 
Not good! 
