Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 12:03:06 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Rob (Robert) Hilton" Subject: Peregrine in Bethesda Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" This morning between 8:00 and 9:30 am I saw an adult Peregrine Falcon in flight and perched, from my office window in Bethesda. It perched on one of the more distant buildings for over half an hour. After it had left its perch (when I was away from my desk), it resumed cruising over downtown Bethesda. At times it flew (rocketed really) less than 40 feet from my office window. Quite a breath-taking sight! Rob Hilton robert@csa.com Bethesda, Md. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================