Subject: Re: falcon, accipiter interactions
Date: Sep 23 13:50:48 1996
From: Tim Shelmerdine - shelmert at mail.clackesd.k12.or.us


>At Martha Lake, a suburbs about 30 miles north of Seattle, I observed a
>falcon and an accipiter circling high overhead.
>One would accelerate towards the other, which would bank away, and then
>they would resume the circling (and rising on an updraft). I was
>fascinated by this interaction; craning my neck for the 3-4 minutes it
>lasted (which no doubt entertained the nearby expresso-stand employee ;-)
>
>
>I would enjoy hearing of other inter-specific raptor encounters, as I look
>forward to the great raptor-watching that the northwest fall and winter
>offers.
>
>
>Michael Patrick
>mpatrick at eldec.com
>(206)743-8204

I have had great views of a Bald Eagle harrassing an Osprey into dropping
its catch. The whole behavior of the Eagle struck me as very jaeger-like,
though of course substituting a jaeger's agility for the eagle's bulk.

At Bayocean Spit, Tillamook Bay, Oregon, my brother and I watched a
Northern Harrier make several passes at a perched adult Peregrine. The
Peregrine finally got annoyed and left, perhaps to find a perch less
exposed.

Tim


Tim Shelmerdine
Lake Oswego/Aurora, Oregon
shelmert at mail.clackesd.k12.or.us