Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!gatech!rutgers!mit-eddie!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bu.edu!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!dragon From: dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sam Conway) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Peregrine over Route 1 in New Brunswick, NJ??? Message-ID: <26286@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 30 Nov 90 16:01:14 GMT References: <10509@helios.TAMU.EDU> Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Distribution: rec.birds,usa Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 24 In article <10509@helios.TAMU.EDU> e343gv@tamuts.tamu.edu (Gary Varner) writes: -> ->So the fact that the raptor was chasing the pigeon back and forth just ->doesn't sound right for a peregrine, or at least not characteristic. -> ->Finally, there are lots of things bigger than a peregrine, although ->I can't (without a bird guide) think of what is bigger _and_ more ->like an accipiter or falcon than a hawk as far as its flight ->profile goes. -> One thing that is bigger than a peregrine is a bald eagle...another is a pterodactyl....8-) Er, sorry. From the flight description (the beak-to-tail chase) and the brief description of the bird's coloring, I would say that it was likely a female Cooper's hawk. They can get as big as a peregrine. -- Sam Conway * What shape do you usually have? dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu * Mickey Mouse shape? Smarties Chemistry Dept., Dartmouth College, NH * shape? Amphibious landing craft Vermont Raptor Center (VINS) * shape? Poke in the eye shape? Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com