Peregrine Falcon (1 Viewer)

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UgashikBob

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• Feb 12, 2012

• #1

I only managed a couple quick heavily cropped photos taken from my front deck 80 miles south of Katmai National Park. My only bird book has a photo of a Peregrine falcon looking from the top down and is hard to compare. This one seems to have a narrower moustache than shown in my book.

 

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Bird_Bill

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• Feb 12, 2012

• #2

Hi Bob. Looks good for Juv. Curious if might be F. peregrinus (pealei)
Seems tad darker,just a touch more heavily spotted than "kids" around here.

 

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UgashikBob

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• Feb 13, 2012

• #3

Bill:
I googled (pealei) and was amazed to see a total of 19 different species of Peregrine's. Lots of info but not much in the line of photographs to compare. Also found the Northern Hobby (Falco Subbuteo) that has the narrower facial bars and more vertical bars on the chest.
I think this a non migratory bird as I have seen similiar ones several times a year. Hoping I can get a better photo.

 

Bird_Bill

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• Feb 13, 2012

• #4

Never considered the Hobby,Bob. Have to educate myself in that regard,always a good thing.Thanks for info.

 

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stevo

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• Feb 13, 2012

• #5

What I can tell you is its not a Hobby because the bird in the pic is far too heavier build.A Hobby is smaller & of slighter build.

Steve.

 

Sy V

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• Feb 13, 2012

• #6

These two excellent shots would show the typical rufous trousers of a Hobby... and they don't. A Hobby it ain't...

 

chris butterworth

aka The Person Named Above

• Feb 13, 2012

• #7

Juvenile Peregrine, they have narrower moustaches and cheek patchs than adults. It would be highly unlikely to be an Northern / Eurasian Hobby as, as far as I know, they've never been recorded from North America and, as others have said, it would have rufous 'trousers' and be far less bulky.

Chris

 

Bird_Bill

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• Feb 13, 2012

• #8

chris butterworth said:

Juvenile Peregrine, they have narrower moustaches and cheek patchs than adults. It would be highly unlikely to be an Northern / Eurasian Hobby as, as far as I know, they've never been recorded from North America and, as others have said, it would have rufous 'trousers' and be far less bulky.

Chris

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Did input hobby to ebird, output a few sightings west end of Aleutian's.
No output for continental NA. Eurasian Hobby BTW.

 

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UgashikBob

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• Feb 13, 2012

• #9

I had also seen the Hobby sightings in the Western Aleutians and we are located on the Alaska Peninsula quite a bit east of there but have had some very strange weather patterns this year.
I agree on the juvenile Peregrine. Even though it is a unusual sighting I hope to get better photos of it. Thank you for your input.