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PEREGRINE FALCON LANDS ON EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHER’S FIRE ESCAPE

June 4, 2017 | 8:12 PM
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“The Peregrine Falcon has made an appearance and I happened to be ready with a telephoto lens,” wrote Jake Sigal.

“The falcon landed on my fire escape [at 106th and West End], at first it flew away, but returned 15 minutes later. It groomed itself for a few minutes while occasionally glancing up at me as I took photos. At one point it was startled by it’s own feather.”

Correction: Jake says it’s actually a falcon. He initially thought that it was a hawk.

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EricaC
EricaC
5 years ago

Lovely!

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Westside_Mimi
Westside_Mimi
5 years ago

Awesome! As long as you’re not it’s prey.

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Pam Y.
Pam Y.
5 years ago

Beautiful!

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Rob
Rob
5 years ago

Great photos! Can Sidney Greenstreet be far behind?

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Judy
Judy
5 years ago

great photos!

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Regina
Regina
5 years ago

So great to see this. Can I borrow it to scare the rock pidgins in my air shaft? (just kidding)

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RoyF
RoyF
5 years ago

Great sequence!…as Mr./Miss Peregrine prepped for that final proud pose!!

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Kathleen Treat
Kathleen Treat
5 years ago

Gorgeous! Thanks for this.

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Jake Sigal
Jake Sigal
5 years ago

It turns out this was very similar to the female Red Tailed Hawk that visited a year ago. I was informed by a colleague of mine who is a Hawk expert of my mistake. In her own words “Peregrines can be identified up-close by the hood pattern on the face. The bird in your photos looks like a subadult male, as there is a mixture of brown and gray feathers on his wings.”

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jezbel
jezbel
5 years ago

Stunning photo. Kudos to Jake.

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Ardith Bondi
Ardith Bondi
5 years ago

Fun excellent photos!! I was surprised that a peregrine found in NYC did not have any leg bands, so I asked a friend who monitors and assists in banding chicks from the peregrine nests around NYC. She said that this is what’s referred to as an after hatch year (AHY – hatched in 2016) bird and that it is probably a migrant that might be looking for territory.

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