[birdky] Re: Peregrine Falcon vs. Turkey Vulture, downtown Louisville

  • From: Barry Nichols <bnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "colin.lindsay@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <colin.lindsay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bm.davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bm.davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:30:56 +0000

I saw this for years right outside my old office in Frankfort.  There were a 
LOT of turkey vultures and black vultures.  In a nearby tall building there is 
a peregrine nest.  They were wholly intolerant and would hit vultures 
hard...feather drop and wounds were not uncommon.

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-----Original Message-----
From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Lindsay, Colin
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:07 AM
To: bm.davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [birdky] Re: Peregrine Falcon vs. Turkey Vulture, downtown Louisville

Very interesting.  I see turkey vultures, black vultures and peregrines at the 
same time quite often in the Louisville CBD, but I've never seen them interact.

-----Original Message-----
From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Brian Davis
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:16 AM
To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [birdky] Peregrine Falcon vs. Turkey Vulture, downtown Louisville

I just watched a Peregrine Falcon dive-bombing a poor Turkey Vulture over the 
UofL med school.  It didn't look like any contact was made, but that falcon 
couldn't have picked a less maneuverable target!  The vulture did its best to 
get out of the way, though.

Brian Davis
Louisville
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Brian M. Davis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology University of Louisville 
School of Medicine
511 S. Floyd St., Room 111
Louisville, KY 40202
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