Newsgroups: rec.birds
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From: rising@utzoo.uucp (Jim Rising)
Subject: Peregrines & shorebirds
Message-ID: <1989Aug24.193532.6535@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 89 19:35:32 GMT

When I was a kid, before Peregrines were rare, I recall watching,
one spring, as a Peregrine apparently attempted to grab a Golden
Plover from a flock.  As I recall the incident, the Peregrine 
stooped on the flock and actually flew around it a couple of
times, then left, without a catch.  None of the plovers broke
from the flock, and I assumed that the falcon was "reluctant"
to charge into it at over 100 mph (or whatever).  We should say,
of course, that there is selection against Peregrines that do.
--Jim Rising
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