Hi Don & Tweets:

Early in the multi-state Midwestern peregrine restoration project, observers
documented urban fledglings hunting at night.
When we (Falcon Research Group volunteers) ran 24-hour videotapes on the
Washington Mutual peregrines and reviewed them every day, we saw the male
regularly deliver passerines, presumably migrants, to the nest on clear
nights.
A few years back, someone posted an observation to Tweeters about watching
peregrines hunting shorebirds at night under the lights at the Tsawwassen
ferry terminal in southern BC.
I did a very brief Google search at lunch today & found quite a few entries
on this subject.
Peregrines have a world-wide distribution in varied habitats, so it's no
surprise that they have been able to adapt to hunting under artificial
light. It's just not something many people see or look for.

Ruth Taylor
Seattle/Ballard
rutht AT seanet.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Don McVay <dmcvay at cmc.net>
To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 1:28 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Night Hunting Peregrines


>Hi Tweets,
>
>Early Tuesday morning I heard a report on the BBC about Peregrines
>nocturnal hunting of migratory birds especially water fowl. The report
>was based on a paper in the journal British Birds with followups today
>in the Daly Telegraph and this report from The Scotsman:
>
>Any news of such behavior in the Seattle area?
>
>Don and Sandi McVay
>dmcvay at cmc.net
>Queen Anne
>
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