[Bristol-Birds] Rankin Peregrines - 2; W. Phalarope - 0

     A late note:  on Wednesday 06 SEP 2006 at Rankin Bottoms, David Chaffin 
and I witnessed a Peregrine Falcon taking a Wilson's Phalarope from the surface 
of the lake across from the coal tipple.  The falcon dove on the shorebird 
around a dozen times, each time missing when the phalarope dove briefly 
underwater for a second to pop up just after the falcon's pass.  Finally the 
Peregrine got his timing down and met him coming back up, retiring then with 
his catch to a tree where we could see him  eat.  
     There was also another Peregrine in the area that I saw earlier that day, 
with a more heavily streaked breast.
 
Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
 
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