I may have seen the same bird at about 10:00 am, from my office. I work in a large building on East West Hwy next to the Metro station, and my office faces north. I often see Peregrines in winter as they soar and hunt around Silver Spring in the area around Metro. Lots of pigeons and starlings to keep a peregrine busy. I have worked here for ten years and normally see them through the winter, and to a lesser extent occasionally during spring or fall, and rarely, in summer. Yesterday I saw at least two, one was an adult female and the other I did not see well enough to age or sex, but I think it was a male. Occasionally I see 2 males or 2 females, but have never seen 3 at once here.
Unfortunately they have not nested here (to my knowledge). I've never had an observation of one during breeding season that would meet breeding bird atlas criteria for breeding. I am surprised since the habitat is ideal.
Last week on Thursday I saw a female carry a bird to a building ledge on Colesville road and perch with it, presumably to eat there.
Regards-
Jeff Shenot
Croom Md
On Monday, March 18, 2013 10:43:21 AM UTC-4, Rob Hilton wrote:
> At about 9:40 am, I saw an adult Peregrine Falcon flying fairly low over the intersection of Colesville Road and Fenton Street in downtown Silver Spring.� It was somewhere around 4th to 7th story level, as best as I could tell from my moving car.�
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