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Date: 10/9/25 8:50 am From: 'Steve Mirick' via NHBirds <nhbirds...> Subject: Re: [NHBirds] Arctic Peregrine Falcon at Odiorne
Remarkable photos Bruce! A Herring Gull is a huge prey item for a Peregrine Falcon. The "Arctic Peregrine Falcon" is a subspecies of the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus tundrius). Immatures are identified by the pale buffy crown of the bird. This subspecies is the most common one seen in migration along the coast. https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/esa_works/profile_pages/ArcticPeregrineFalcon.html Peak migration time for Peregrine Falcons is right now in early October. The local breeding population is different, but I'm not sure how. Possibly a mix of subspecies? Chris Martin? Steve Mirick Bradford, MA On 10/8/2025 9:38 PM, Bruce Conti wrote: > Had an interesting visit to Odiorne Point this afternoon (October 8) > after the rain had passed through. At least 80 Bonaparte's Gulls in > the cove near the science center. Yellow-Rumped Warblers, Black > Ducks, a Killdeer, a Great Blue Heron, among others encountered. The > most exciting encounter was a Peregrine Falcon, first spotted dragging > its prey across the water because it was too heavy to take flight. > The prey was a gull upon which the falcon feasted once it got perched > on a rock. The Raptor ID group in Facebook suggests that its a > subspecies Arctic Peregrine Falcon. A rare bird? Take a look at the > photos in the eBird checklist at https://ebird.org/checklist/S278073839 > > -- > Bruce Conti > B.A.Conti Photography www.baconti.com/birding.htm > <https://www.baconti.com/birding.htm> > ¡BAMLog! www.bamlog.com <https://www.bamlog.com> > -- > To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: > https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NHBirds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to nhbirds+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nhbirds/CAGn0XfjTUfRkjWtan5ZhZ45DKuwcdSxdRJjkh5Tj%<2BpbpC71UWA...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nhbirds/CAGn0XfjTUfRkjWtan5ZhZ45DKuwcdSxdRJjkh5Tj%<2BpbpC71UWA...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nhbirds/<d274f2b4-f38e-4848-a049-d02fb55d5a0f...>

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