Help! What bird is this? (Page 2): Nice shot.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

jbk224 wrote:

Heard unusual sounds the other late afternoon. My wife said...look at that bird on the balcony rail! Shoo it away.
So, I looked...took out my iPhone and took some pictures.
What did we find or what found us?
Thanks.

Nice shot.

shutterhawk Loc: Cape Cod

jbk224 wrote:

Heard unusual sounds the other late afternoon. My wife said...look at that bird on the balcony rail! Shoo it away.
So, I looked...took out my iPhone and took some pictures.
What did we find or what found us?
Thanks.

That's an adult Peregrine, an immature would be brown. The green band on it's leg indicates that it was banded in the eastern United States. Unfortunately the letter-number code isn't readable in your photo. If it were you could report it to USGS and they'd tell you where and when it was banded.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

Shoo it away? Naw - THIS bird you want around - it eats pigeons!

jbk224 Loc: Long Island, NY

sb wrote:

Shoo it away? Naw - THIS bird you want around - it eats pigeons!

Wish we had more!

jbk224 Loc: Long Island, NY

shutterhawk wrote:

That's an adult Peregrine, an immature would be brown. The green band on it's leg indicates that it was banded in the eastern United States. Unfortunately the letter-number code isn't readable in your photo. If it were you could report it to USGS and they'd tell you where and when it was banded.

Thanks for the information. All of this just proves....a photo is much more when you know the story.

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

You are Blessed with The Peregrine Falcon....the fastest Bird alive on the planet and your is an excellent specimen of that species. WOW !......I have only seen two in my 73 years of existence and they are as good as it gets in the Raptor World here in the east coast near D.C.

Try putting out raw meat scraps to attract them into feeding cycles if you can without attracting attention to your activity from your neighbors. And maybe you'll get a nesting pair on your balcony with new chicks in the spring........very cool indeed. Good Luck.

And get lots of photos while you are at it !

Red Alder Loc: Eugene Oregon

looks like a Peregrin Falcon. And they are often on high rise window areas.

jbk224 Loc: Long Island, NY

So more info. I hear there is a nest on top of one our buildings..3 buildings at 34 stories. Not sure if it is for this falcon. Getting more info.

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

Nice! Peregrine falcons do pretty well in cities, which are much like canyons to them, and this is where they hunt pigeons. There is some amazing footage of that which you can find online.

jbk224 Loc: Long Island, NY

Update:
There is a nest on one building with two adults and two kids! Finding out if I have access to get some pictures.