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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.