Thursday, November 15, 2007

November 7,8,13,14,15

I only spotted one Peregrine during this time, she was flying low over the back of Sea Walls, evidently trying to flush out some of the pigeons that perch in the trees on the gorge side. She swooped with such speed that I almost lost her from my glasses, then the next I saw was a few minutes later as she sped by under the Peregrine Watch. What speed! It is high tide at present, so there was relatively little to see for the whole five days: a heron flying low over the water, and landing near the storm drain, as he landed another got up. They are solitary birds. Then there was a kestrel flying past, and causing some consternation among the Jackdaws. This morning we had the heaviest frost of the autumn, so I did not linger.