[mou] Raptors in Ramsey County

[Val/Roger]

Hello, bird folks:
Today was raptorius in the northwest corner of St. Paul:

@ sharp-shinned hawk perched in a boulevard tree at 10:30 a.m., then roared
off at about knee-level after some sparrows;
@ 2 adult bald eagles standing on the ice on Lake Como at 11 a.m.;
@ then, and this is the somewhat unbelievable part, a large falcon, which I
believe was a peregrine, swooped down and buzzed the eagles, then buzzed the
ducks in the open section of the lake, and then landed on the ice, near a
dark mound of something frozen into the ice. After about a minute, this bird
took off, but the eagles remained.

Val Cunningham
St. Paul, Minn., Ramsey County