FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Peregrine again

[chris.sloan@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Just a few minutes ago, an immature Peregrine Falcon just went zooming by my 
office window at eye level.  It was heading due west just south of West End 
Ave. at the Broadway split here on Music Row outside downtown Nashville.  This 
is presumably the same one that I saw here about 10 days ago; it's a very large 
bird so I assume it is a female.  This time, it passed so close to my window 
that it momentarily stunned me in mid-sentence while I was on the phone; it 
couldn't have been more than 25 feet away.  It's quite a striking bird, and 
very heavily streaked underneath.  The flight direction is virtually the same 
as when I saw it before, albeit this time it was flying much faster and more 
directly; on the previous occasion, it peeled off into some lazy thermaling 
around a tall building.
Clearly, it has taken up residence, but for how long?

regards,

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Chris Sloan
chris.sloan@xxxxxxxxxxx
Nashville, TN

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