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T. Code
1958
25 July
Falcon peregrinus
cont.
taken from the nest.
#120 - at the second high bluff on the
right above Uniat, an adult F. was
found. She was hunting out from the
bluff, and she also attacked a rough leg
that flew into the area, but no active
nest could be found.
Avie #10: High bluff - first on right
limit above Uniat - Paw on the down
river side in an easily accessible
location - small ledge on an outcrop
midway on the bluff - outcrop ca 20 ft
high - nest at top - 160 ft above river
and about 100 feet below break of slope
where timber breaks off. 3 downies,
just 2 weeks old, youngest of the
broods encountered on the river.
The nest area had green grass growing
around it.
Avie #11 - at the coal seam bluff on
the right just above Uniat a pair of
peregrines was present. The female did
not appear to be the brownish one of
previous years. No nest was found
and the adult were not vigorous in their
defense of the area.
Counting the Uniat pair, this makes