[mou] Mille Lacs County Falcon
Nathan Schirmacher
natester166@hotmail.com
Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:35:41 -0400
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Nathan was playing basketball this evening while keeping one eye to the ski=
es. He observed a falcon fly rather casually over (through his bins ~20 fe=
et high) that landed in a tree approximately 250 yards distant, set up the =
scope and alerted me. Following is a combined description from binocular a=
nd scope views:* White breast and underbelly, few black spots on breast, mo=
re on belly* Very tan mantle & coverts* Black streaking on axillaries & und=
erwing coverts, lighter on the primaries & secondaries* Light supercilium* =
Dark mustache* Dark ear patch* Mid-sized falcon, clearly larger than a Kest=
rel or Merlin. * We live in an open, rural, rather agricultural area. It =
perched at the top of a 30 foot tree, giving decent but distant 30-60X scop=
e views. I was reminded of a Peregrine Falcon, but the face was different =
than I have seen on any adult or immature Peregrines observed in the past -=
and other characteristics don't match well either. Migration has been int=
ense all day up here. Note that we have carefully avoided the word "Prairi=
e" until now....Would enjoy preliminary commentary before submitting docume=
ntation. Thanks!Al & Nathan SchirmacherPrinceton, MN (8 miles north)(Pleas=
e respond to both natester166@hotmail.com and pastoral@princetonfreechurch.=
net, if possible. Thanks!)
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<body><div style=3D"text-align: left;">Nathan was playing basketball this e=
vening while keeping one eye to the skies. He observed a falcon fly r=
ather casually over (through his bins ~20 feet high) that landed in a tree =
approximately 250 yards distant, set up the scope and alerted me. Fol=
lowing is a combined description from binocular and scope views:<br><br>* W=
hite breast and underbelly, few black spots on breast, more on belly<br>* V=
ery tan mantle & coverts<br>* Black streaking on axillaries & under=
wing coverts, lighter on the primaries & secondaries<br>* Light superci=
lium<br>* Dark mustache<br>* Dark ear patch<br>* Mid-sized falcon, clearly =
larger than a Kestrel or Merlin. <br>* We live in an open, rural, rat=
her agricultural area. It perched at the top of a 30 foot tree, givin=
g decent but distant 30-60X scope views. I was reminded of a Peregrin=
e Falcon, but the face was different than I have seen on any adult or immat=
ure Peregrines observed in the past - and other characteristics don't match=
well either. Migration has been intense all day up here. <br><=
br>Note that we have carefully avoided the word "Prairie" until now....<br>=
<br>Would enjoy preliminary commentary before submitting documentation.&nbs=
p; Thanks!<br><br>Al & Nathan Schirmacher<br>Princeton, MN (8 miles nor=
th)<br>(Please respond to both natester166@hotmail.com and pastoral@princet=
onfreechurch.net, if possible. Thanks!)<br><br></div><br /><hr />Take=
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