Hi All, Dick Belanger, Sally Swain and I birded the County Park this morning doing some muck walking to attain closer looks at the many ducks along the river. Just as we came out through the phragmites we watched a Peregrine Falcon come into view to our left cruising mid river. The many Ring Bills and GW Teals quickly scattered but the Peregrine dropped down on one of the Teals,[f] that had'nt reacted quick enough. It lifted the bird straight out of the water literally right in front of us and flew towards the far bank. It would have landed there but the flock of Ring Bills began harassing it and it continued on down towards the bay. We lost sight of it for a few minutes, then found it further along the river. It had chosen to sit on the bank eating its meal in peace. A second unexpected sighting was 3 Glossy Ibis feeding on the east side of the river. I checked through RBA's for Jersey on down the mid- Atlantic this afternoon for any Glossy I. sightings and picked up one of a single bird seen this week in Delaware. My own data over the years show Glossy Ibis on the East End coming in during the third week in April. We also had 2 Osprey, a Coopers Hawk and Ring Necked Pheasant. Good March Birding, Carl Starace
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