Alaska species accounts, part 1, v4403
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1. Code 1954 Falcon peregrinus 13 June Unicat, Alaska A 7 was first seen stooping low over Unicat Lake at a tree. She named. I followed her as she swung up and circled out over the river. There she was met by a tiercel. They went up to ca 1000 feet, and then I saw the tiercel stoop in a shallow dive at some shore- bird (pectoral melp. size). The prey was very manoeuvrable and avoided several stoops. The falcon entered in, and they stooped in steep dives from different directions but the prey eluded them, and they gave up. Presently they came back over the hill near the oil well, and the falcon alighted on a small out crop west of the well. The tiercel con- tinued to fly around above her. A falcon was seen on this out crop later in the evening too, ca 1800. May be an aerie. A pair was seen in the same vicinity as the wrecked legs on the east side of Unicat Mt. The 7 cocked and stayed close to a needleish out crop mid way between summit of Unicat Mt. and the east end of the line of ledges. Probably an aerie there. The wrecked leg seen in '52 was close to the east end. A pair peregrines was seen in exact same spot in '52 - probably the site where Price took his eggs. 14 June One chased an eagle 13th out crop near the well.