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Unexpected visitor

I was thrilled to see a Peregrine Falcon perched on my bird feeder last night.  Obviously waiting for a tasty morsel but it posed for long enough to get a good look at its talons, beak, eyes and feather markings.  Fantastic!

  • Hi Shackleton10,

    That would be an almost unique garden visitor - they either perch up high on cliffs or tall buildings, or wait in the air at high altitude to stoop on prey. Are you sure your visitor wasn't a sparrowhawk?

    :-)

    Seriously thinking about trying harder!

  • In reply to Jackdaw:

    I agree with Jackdaw. A Peregrine visiting a garden feeder is a very unlikely occurrence.  It's much more likely to be one of these - a Sparrowhawk.

    They are the most common garden predators.

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