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The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: bcbird on January 28, 2013, 11:35 ---The type in BC is nonmigratory and apparently a bit different in appearance and size from those in most of the rest of Canada.
From Wickipedia:
Falco peregrinus pealei, described by Ridgway in 1873, is also known as Peale's Falcon, and includes rudolfi.[36] It is found in the Pacific Northwest of North America, northwards from the Puget Sound along the British Columbia coast (including the Queen Charlotte Islands), along the Gulf of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands to the far eastern Bering Sea coast of Russia,[36] and may also occur on the Kuril Islands and the coasts of Kamchatka. It is non-migratory. It is the largest subspecies, and it looks like an oversized and darker tundrius or like a strongly barred and large anatum. The bill is very wide.[37] Juveniles occasionally have pale crowns. Males weigh 700 to 1,000 grams (1.5–2.2 lb), while females weigh 1,000 to 1,500 grams (2.2–3.3 lb).[26]
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Given the geographic location (BC) it is easy to assume that it is a Peale's but the only way to tell for sure is genetic. Size and plumage are the next best ways to make an educated guess - pealei are larger and often darker than anatum. And there are anatum birds from the BC interior observed on Christmas bird counts (Dec & Jan) in southern BC, and very often urban areas along the coast where there is prey. In this case, given how white this bird's breast is, it could very well be one of these anatum birds. Without a scale, no way to tell if this peregrine is larger than an anatum. In fact, this bird could just as easily be a pre-Princess Manitoba anatum bird, in fact with a couple fewer speckles on his/her breast, this bird looks alot like Trey and T-Rex.
Really wish the photographer had managed to get a photo of a band!!
bcbird:
The type in BC is nonmigratory and apparently a bit different in appearance and size from those in most of the rest of Canada.
From Wickipedia:
Falco peregrinus pealei, described by Ridgway in 1873, is also known as Peale's Falcon, and includes rudolfi.[36] It is found in the Pacific Northwest of North America, northwards from the Puget Sound along the British Columbia coast (including the Queen Charlotte Islands), along the Gulf of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands to the far eastern Bering Sea coast of Russia,[36] and may also occur on the Kuril Islands and the coasts of Kamchatka. It is non-migratory. It is the largest subspecies, and it looks like an oversized and darker tundrius or like a strongly barred and large anatum. The bill is very wide.[37] Juveniles occasionally have pale crowns. Males weigh 700 to 1,000 grams (1.5–2.2 lb), while females weigh 1,000 to 1,500 grams (2.2–3.3 lb).[26]
RCF:
January 21, 2013
Peregrine on window ledge outside Vancouver Sun newsroom. :)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Peregrine+window+ledge+outside+Vancouver+newsroom+good+news+story/7850246/story.html
RCF:
Endangered peregrine falcon rescued from plant
OAK CREEK — Eclipse, a 3-year-old peregrine falcon, was in trouble.
The bird had found its way into a water treatment building at the WE Energies Oak Creek Power Plant. Perched in the building's rafters, the bird had shown no inclination to fly down and out open doors.
http://www.htrnews.com/viewart/20121108/WOF08/121108020/-Endangered-peregrine-falcon-rescued-from-plant
From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bird in hand leads falcon to safety http://tinyurl.com/au85fx9
photo by G. A. Septon
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: dupre501 on October 15, 2012, 00:53 ---My husband found this today - though I can't get the video, the pictures still tell the story.
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Some UK and US videos are not licensed to be played in Canada - sucks actually - same thing happens with Nature on PBS.
Thanks for posting this despite the unavailability of the video the still photos are quite amazing!
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