Habitat - Backyard
How many? - 4
Additional comments? - Our regular visitors in for an afternoon snack. The usual fluttering and pecking order jostlings
Nest present - No
Behavior - Feeding
Cormorants in river head, just before start of Whitman's Pond, and in trees. Herring are running up river now.
There is a pool here but maybe road created.
Walking past the library I noticed a large bird of prey perched atop a light post.
It was a brown falcon or hawk with a white belly and black/yellow beak. Further, it's talons and toes were bright yellow similar in shade to its beak. It was around 18 inches in tall - it's wingspan I do not know as it did not fly away.
Through extensive research online I have determined the bird to be the Peregrine Falcon - Native to NE and usually resides around rivers or lakes (which are abundant in this geographical region).
Cormorants in river head, just before start of Whitman's Pond, and in trees. Herring are running up river now.
Habitat - Backyard
How many? - 4
Additional comments? - Our regular visitors in for an afternoon snack. The usual fluttering and pecking order jostlings
Nest present - No
Behavior - Feeding