Hi All:

I saw a Prairie Falcon hovering at about the same height a couple of years ago, when I was driving from Billings to Missoula in May. It was my first time on that route, and I can't remember exactly where it was, except not too far from Livingston. I was on a business trip, but I had binoculars and pulled off the road to look at it for a couple of minutes before it headed off to wherever.


Ruth Taylor
Seattle
rutht at seanet.com
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Date: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:27 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] interesting falcon behavior


There was a tense moment for the squirrels as a male Prairie Falcon flew fairly low to the ground trying to nab one. Then I saw behavior I have never seen before in a Prairie. With barely a breeze for help, it hovered for 6 or 7 flaps about 8 feet above the ground. This happened three times before it powered off toward town. Within two minutes it was back over the field flying with a female. This area is probably five miles from a nesting cliff but an open and reliable food supply.


Randy Hill
Othello