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From: mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser)
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Subject: Re: anyone seen any...
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Date: 5 Sep 90 01:04:50 GMT
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In article <49339@olivea.atc.olivetti.com>, mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser) writes:
> 
> A juvenile Peregrine Falcon was much more
> successful in picking off a peep. When we first noticed it, the peeps
> were already up in the air and the falcon was only about thirty
> feet above the ground. It dropped quickly to the ground and landed
> on a peep that refused to fly. 

	I thought that this behavior was somewhat unusual. It was my
impression that peregrines only took prey birds out of the air. Of
course, we may have come into this drama late and missed something. 
I suppose that it is entirely possible that the falcon had already
struck and was merely retrieving its prey from the ground.

Mike