[obol] [birding] Prairie falcon near Finley NWR, Benton Co.

[Mark Nikas]

Joel,

There have been a handful of summer reports of Prairie Falcon the past
decade. Ones I know of are:

     6/2/07(1, Meadowlark Prairie, Eugene, Lane)

     6/28/06(1, FRR, Lane)

     8/8/99(N Spit, Coos)

     8/15/03(1, N Cinder Peak, Linn)

     8/20/04(1, Tenmile estuary, Coos)

     8/28 - 9/23/05(1, FRR, Lane)

     8/29/01(1, attacking Peregrine, Tangent STP, Linn)



Mark Nikas





----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Geier" <joel.geier at peak.org>
To: "Oregon Birders OnLine" <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 10:18 PM
Subject: [obol] [birding] Prairie falcon near Finley NWR, Benton Co.


> Hi folks,
>
> The following report of a PRAIRIE FALCON just north of Finley NWR
> (Benton Co.) on 6 Aug was posted to the mid-Willamette Valley birding
> list by Jarod Jebousek. So far as I know, this is unprecedented for the
> Willamette Valley in the summer months. Does anyone know of previous
> summer records from the valley?
>
> Good birding,
> Joel
>
>  -------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Jarod Jebousek <jboosk at hotmail.com>
> To: list at midvalleybirding.org
> Subject: [birding] Prairie falcon
> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:04:42 -0700
> Hey everybody:
>
> On the way to work Monday I saw a prairie falcon perched on a telephone
pole
> along Greenberry Road.  It flushed and was flying up and to the east as I
> drove directly under it, giving me a good view of its distinguishing
> features.  It must have turned around and made a dive because the next
thing
> I know, it's flying about 2 feet high over the grass field and passing me
on
> the left (I was going 60 mph).  It got within about 50 yards of some
> mourning doves before they flushed.  The dove it targeted was saved by a
> last second maneuver.
>
> -jarod
>
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