>Steve Thompson of the U.S.F.W
>says that the parents have aggresively defended the nest from predators,
>and no now they are showing their chick how to chase and kill gulls,
>ravens, blackbird

Maybe the falcons will do us a favor at kill all the Mexican crows
at the Brownsville dump!

I have nothing the crow, but my gawd, the dump, ugh. If were gone,
we would have no reason to go there, and I might even consider leading
bird groups down there...

- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>