Male Peregrines are "tiercels", one third smaller than a" falcon", which means
a female of the species. Juveniles have pretty much attained adult size at
fledging. Some juvenile raptors have longer flight feathers than adults and
could appear larger than their parents.Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy
smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Steve Jaggers <sjaggers280@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 9/23/21 7:51 PM (GMT-08:00) To: OBOLINKS <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject:
[obol] Peregrine vs. Cackling Goose This was new to me, Peregrine(s) actively
hunting Cacklers.From the wash on Sauvie Island today, Tom MacNamara, Ken
Chamberlin and I saw a pair of Peregrines amidst a swarm of Cacklers when Tom
and Ken began to exclaim that one of the falcons had struck a goose,multiple
times and (I finally got on them) we saw the goose land and one falcon circle
it closely but not continue the attack.I think of Gyr Falcons hunting Cacklers
but not Peregrines. We had seen the two falcons earlier and commented on how
large one of them seemed to be. We thought parent and young at the time.Steve
Jaggers
