From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Jan 2 21:10:01 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0357q2t002980 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 21:07:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from la.znet.com (la.znet.com [207.167.96.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0356d1l002935 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 21:06:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from [66.52.162.81] (66-52-162-81.oak.inetworld.net [66.52.162.81] (may be forged)) by la.znet.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/le1-la) with ESMTP id i0356Z2q024099 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 21:06:36 -0800 (PST) X-Envelope-From: [[email protected]] X-Envelope-To: <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 21:07:36 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: Dean Manley <[[email protected]]> Subject: [SBB] Peregrine Falcons X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Hi All, Today ( 01/02 11:45 a.m.), at Palo Alto Baylands, I saw a PEREGRINE FALCON pair perched on the steel power tower on Hook's Island just across the channel from the sailing dock. I say pair as they were adults, were associating, and were likely male and female due to their very noticeable size difference. One of them, I couldn't tell which at that point, flew across the channel and harassed two Red-Tailed Hawks until they moved out of the immediate area. The interest here is that a Peregrine Falcon pair over wintered at this location last year and many of us have been anticipating the possibility of them returning and perhaps nesting (wish!) this time. I first saw them Jan 14, 2003. An old unused Raven's nest at mid level on the tower was a clear attraction to last years Peregrines. The bad news is that the nest came down this past fall and I suspect that there is no suitable shelf on the tower for them to nest on if they were so inclined. So much for a Santa Clara County nesting record (?). Maybe the SUN building will produce this year. I learned to recognize last year's male and female by the breast/belly marking differences and hope to apply that knowledge to this years Peregrines to support whether or not this year's are last years. That is if they reappear and today was not just a one-shot affair. Dean Manley _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]