[TN-Bird] Peregrine 1 - Bonaparte's 0

From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, missbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:07:42 -0500 (EST)
Jan. 12, 2011
Arkabutla Lake, MS
 
The numbers of Ring-billed Gulls in the south at this time is unbelievable  
and also rewarding.
Scanning the hordes of gulls on the north Mississippi Lakes this past week  
has been enthralling but yesterday when a huge number of Bonaparte's and  
Ring-bills leaped from the water into the air and started swirling, the mass  
parted and entered the culprit. A Peregrine cut like a knife through the 
snow  storm and snatched an adult Bonaparte's Gull from the flurry. It flew 
straight  toward me and landed on a stump at the base of the dam and I watched 
as it  started to feed. This large, dark immature Peregrine had  learned 
her lessons well and the Bonaparte's Gull numbers had been reduced  by one. I 
got a few distant photos of the Peregrine clutching her  prize.
Another reward for just sitting and watching Nature doing Her  
thing..........  
Jeff R.  Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
What is this feathered thing that  lifts my heart to the heavens?


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