Re: Bubo and Plague

"celia" <c_a_blay@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Raptors are making a come back round here.
Kites used to be rare but now I see several every day.
Sparrow hawks, kestrels, something big I can't identify
and the little summer hobby who's home I helped save.
Falconry is also making a come back and I suspect
a harris hawk has gone native.

Peregrines, a native bird whose populations had been badly knocked back by
DDT, are making a comeback here. City office and apartment towers simulate
nicely their preferred habitat of cliffs and allow locals to observe without
pestering them. We have to deal with leftovers of dead pigeon lying about
occasionally, but I look on that as a bonus. There are not yet enough,
however, that any could be taken for falconry.

I see field buteos such as the red tailed hawk (B. jamaicensis) in the
suburbs and country side, but most of the birds I hope might be raptors are
the ubiquitous Corvus brachyrhyncos (American crow).
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)


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