Alaska species accounts, part 1, v4403
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T. Cade 1956 Faleo peregrinus 8 July 413 Pair with voregh leap on weight on bluff just above Uniat - same as 'G2 114? One seen - falcon - with voregh leap on the outcroops on weight ca 1 mi below the bluff mentioned above. Same as 'G2 - probably an aerie here too. Total pairs including Uniat Mt = 14 or 15. - Pair on Uniat Mt show their aerie down views from the 1962 note - it is before down views from voreghly next ca 200 yds. Situated under a low outcrop of rock (ca 4 ft high) on a quarry little flat spot of the talus. Their site located between the upper outcrop of ravestones ca 60 ft high and the lower cal 100 ft high. One young tiercel ca 2 weeks old. Adult tiercel a small light-breasted bird. Falcon long with heavily barred dark breast. See the tiercel stoop out over the water and cover down over the water. A fish - probably gray ling - was jumping at surface. Falcon made two quick passes and on record caught fish in talons as it jumped out of water! Never heard of peregrine catching fish. No fish remains at aerie - only feathers of passerines.