[TN-Bird] Thrill time!
- From: Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 20:13:41 EST
T'was really thrill time at my house at 1:30 PM. I had been out on the deck
replenishing all the bird food before leaving for a reception for us hospital
volunteers at the St. Thomas Emergency Room. I went back inside to rinse off
the spatula with which I had put peanut butter out for the "bosses
mockingbird" and looked out the window above the sink just in time to see a
first year picture perfect (a la Sibley) peregrine falcon land on my deck
rail not ten feet in front of my face! I saw his "sideburns" and breathed
out loud, "Oh my God, it's a young peregrine!" It stayed long enough for me
to get a super look then flew about 75 feet away to my neighbor's back fence
where he perched again. It surveyed the territory for a moment, then took
off like a shot in pure peregrine style. I have had peregrines here on
several occasions, but only one immature before. They do check out all my
mourning doves and rock doves of which there is usually an abundance. I have
no idea if this young bird is a local resident or if it was just passing
through, but it was certainly fabulous to see it today. I just hope it is in
the neighborhood tomorrow so that Tarcila Fox and I can get it on our West
Meade segment of the Nashville Christmas Count. It headed toward Bell's Bend
from here, so maybe it'll be over there for the team that does that area
tomorrow. Y'all watch for it. What a fabulous bird--always such a thrill to
see one--a real "class act."
Dee Thompson
Nashville. TN
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