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Re: Peregrine Falcon takes American Oystercatcher



Peregrines have been known to take Mallards. I suspect that is about the
upper limit.
                                     Reece Mitchell
                                     rmitche2@tds.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Fussell" <jfuss@clis.com>
To: "carolinabirds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 3:36 PM
Subject: Peregrine Falcon takes American Oystercatcher


> Got a call from someone who observed a Peregrine
> Falcon killing and eating an oystercatcher at Core Banks, NC
> this past Sunday.  Wonder if an oystercather is about at the
> upper size limit of species taken by Peregrines.
>
> By the way, I'm seeing oystercatcher pairs landing on
> flat rooftops (condominiums, motels) at Atlantic Beach, NC
> again this year.  Also saw one pair landing on a building at
> Morehead Plaza in Morehead City.
>
> I still haven't heard from anyone who knows of rooftop nesting
> by oystercatchers anywhere else in the U.S., although I can't
> believe that it is restricted to the Atlantic Beach-Morehead City
> area.
>
> John Fussell
> Morehead City, NC
> jfuss@clis.com
>
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