>From Russell Rogers, Seattle WA, rrogers at halcyon.com

Yesterday, at about 4:30, I saw a large falcon land in a tree about 175
yards way. I put my scope on the bird and found it to be an adult
Peregrine Falcon, probably _F.p.anatum_. It had caught a junco (a mere
snack for a Peregrine i would think). I watched it for about 10 minutes
before it flew off. This is the second time that I have seen a Peregrine
sit on that same branch (of a tall Red Cedar) and pick apart a bird. The
first was and imm. earlier this fall. I occasionally see Peregrines fly
ovr head, but those are the only two that I have seen sitting.

Just incase anyone thinks that I have an amazing yard or anything, based
on this and the other sighting last friday of a Goshawk, I would like to
set the record straight. I have no yard whatever! I have a big picture
window with a limited view of the sound. Most of my view is obsured by a
big orntimental fir tree. Most of my sightng are either flybys or sitting
in the "big tree". I have a short list (50 species) with a few really good
birds on it. Below is my "big window" list. A "T" after the birds name
means that I have seen it in the "big tree". A "*" after the name are
birds that I think are unusual for a limited view in West Seattle.

American Robin T
Bald Eagle
Band-tailed Pigeon T
Barn Swallow
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Bewicks Wren T
Black-capped Chickadee T
Bushtit T
California Gull
Caspian Tern
Cedar Waxwing T
Common Loon
Chestnut-backed Chickadee T
Common Flicker T
Dark-eyed Junco T
Double-crested Cormorant
Glaucous Gull *
Gloucous-winged Gull
Golden-crowned Kinglet T
Golden-crowned Sparrow T
Goshawk T*
Great-blue Heron
Green Heron *
House Finch T
Kestrel T*
Merlin T
Northwest Crow T
Peregrine Falcon
Pine Siskin T
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Dove T
Ruby-crowned Kinglet T
Rufous Hummingbird
Scrub Jay *
Savannah Sparrow *
Song Sparrow T
Starling T
Stellers Jay
Townsend's Solitaire T*
Townsends Warbler T
Turkey Vulture *
Varied Thrush T
Vaux's Swift
Violet-green Swallow
White-crowned Sparrow T
Yellow-rumped Warbler T
Sharp-shinned Hawk T
Coopers Hawk T
Brewers Blackbird * (seen only once here)
Western Tanager
Rofous-sided Towhee

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Russell Rogers
4510 Glenn Way SW
Seattle, WA 98116
(206) 935-6280
rrogers at halcyon.com
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