tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273239276262782106.post697329949906598708..comments2023-09-24T01:46:16.270+10:00Comments on tyto tony: Peregrine rips into prey, Sea-eagle misses outTyto Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03834120720077625697noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273239276262782106.post-52019538946794532602016-04-08T15:55:22.758+10:002016-04-08T15:55:22.758+10:00No bravery here. Such a sook I'd never get int...No bravery here. Such a sook I'd never get into a kayak, let alone put my precious camera gear in one!<br /><br />Peregrines seldom seen up here. Hobby much more likely.<br /><br />Tyto Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03834120720077625697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273239276262782106.post-49431026698010576092016-04-08T12:45:18.750+10:002016-04-08T12:45:18.750+10:00Interesting to see your juvenile female. I was lu...Interesting to see your juvenile female. I was lucky enough to watch a peregrine - an adult I think, though not sure of sex - slowly demolish what may have been a galah or a honeyeater - while kayaking on the Hawkesbury last weekend. Amazingly it didn't seem too perturbed by me snapping away below it (amazingly I got some really good pics - up online at https://berowrabackyard.wordpress.com/2016/04/03/death-and-good-fortune-on-cowan-creek/ ) or indeed by the parade of noisy powerboats going past. A confident bird! <br /><br />However, just before it settled down for a meal it did have a bit of a midair battle with what I am 98% sure was another similar sized peregrine. Having never seen any before in that area it amazes me to imagine there might be multiple pairs, but I guess it can happen! So perhaps the bird was more wary about threats from the air, as you say, than lumbering humans on the round! Thanks for sharing your pics! I'd be interested to hear if you see peregrines often. As I say, I see sea eagles, kites, some ospreys and even the occasional wedgie but this is my first peregrine around here...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273239276262782106.post-35542046851317575492016-04-07T09:41:27.125+10:002016-04-07T09:41:27.125+10:00Hmm! I have Magpie Larks that have become very agg...Hmm! I have Magpie Larks that have become very aggressive around my house. I duck and weave when they swoop me from behind! Likewise Blue-faced Honeyeaters, Masked Lapwings, and Magpies. Either you don't have aggressive birds up your way - or else you are very much braver person than I am :-)mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230845410313320080noreply@blogger.com