Prairie falcons in the flight field
Originally Posted by
PeteJ
In the past Prairies have come in there once. But, I think that the Prairies have been forced out of there by the Peregrines now. Yes, its looking west, and the Organs you can see a bit to the left and right of the photo since its using that panoramic feature on the iphone camera, but not directly behind which is where the Organs are.
I'm actually happier that the Prairies aren't in there so much now as Prairies aren't nice. Peregrines have come in in the past and only once were they a problem and they were very young ones who I think were sort of playing really hard with my smaller bird. Anatums just seem like that care that much about anything smaller, but if its large or larger than them they can get pretty serious I imagine.
Pete,
I have the same issues here when prairie falcons winter in our valley. They nest in the Central and Eastern portion of Oregon and the nesting areas are over the main mountain range in our state. The Cascade Mountains. The nearest nests are perhaps 100 miles east of here, yet prairie falcons in late summer somehow find their way into our wet forested valley. Trying to fly your falcon in a field, that they have staked out as their hunting territory, can be a real problem. For a falcon my size brings real danger to my bird. The prairie can easily injure or kill your bird. Yet in the same fields when peregrines or gyrfalcons winter in these fields, I usually never have a problem with them going after my falcon.
Dan
Dan Fenske
Harrisburg, Oregon
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