Peregrines at Montezuma Monday

[huddiecat]

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.

[Bobbie Ireland]

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!

[Donna]

I'll say exciting! Be nice if it were Jemison and Callidora! Ya never know and joined by a 3rd? Thanks Suzanne, good info.

[MAK]

    Oh the possibilities!       Thanks Suzanne.   

[Carol P.]

Suzanne - Did they by chance post the time they saw these Peregrines?  Jemison was released close to 1 pm.  and where they saw them?

[huddiecat]

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.

[Carol P.]

Sounds like a good idea! 

[jeanne]

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!

[Carol P.]

How interesting is it that these juveniles are possibly cooperatively hunting with each other?  Some are probably more advanced than others at hunting.

[huddiecat]

The shorebird migration is really in full force, so there are lots of food opportunities there right now.