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Field Notes
Doug Bell
Location: UC Berkeley
November 24, 1988 cont.
it almost immediately. However, the cotton came off the pigeon, at which point it turned and accelerated down the long road (due West) towards LSB. The Campanile is quite high, so it seemed to take a while for the peregrine to “eat-up” the space from its high position down to the pigeon, which was dropping ever lower to the roadway. The peregrine did a pumping long stop, essentially, but it pulled out when it reached building-top level. The pigeon at this point was less than a foot off the ground, and curved around California Hall, heading north.
The peregrine returned to the W face of the Campanile. Looks quite alert!
November 25, 1988
0900 Went to Campanile / pigeon. But the tiercel was already eating one, up on ledge #3 of S face of Campanile. It looked like he was working on the breast meat, wings of pigeon visible - light brownish pigeons.
November 26, 1988
16:30. Peregrine on S ledge #3 of campanile, sitting.
November 27, 1988
07:00 - 08:00 Went to Campanile / pigeon. No Peregrine.
November 29, 1988
09:30 No Peregrine on Campanile.
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