Saturday, we saw a Peregrine Falcon begin an impressive dive from only about 150' above the lake. We never saw the finish of the dive (a falcon's "
stoop"), but a group of crows got noisily excited afterwards! (Crows are on a falcon's menu).
A large Cooper's Hawk paid a brief visit yesterday. (Too brief for a photo—this is a "file photo").
Both of these sightings occurred just days after our bird feeder got put out for the first time this season. Which birds are we feeding?
(Falcons and Cooper's seek mostly bird prey).
It's
possible that the Peregrine was a falconer's pet, as we have a open 100-acre field nearby.