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Stunned Peregrine in Lanham

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Phil Davis

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Phil Davis

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Mon, 3 Sep 2007 16:28:51 -0400

Hi Ed:

I'll copy your message to our local Maryland birding listserver in 
case someone else has some other advice (reply directly to Ed).

FYI. Here is a link that deals with bird rehabilitators in Maryland ...

         http://www.mdbirds.org/conservation/rehab/rehab.html

... and here is a link for reporting banded birds ...

         http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/homepage/call800.htm

Hope this helps.

Phil


At 16:19 09/03/2007, you wrote:
>This is not a rare bird siting.  But it seemed the most applicable 
>choice of the list of contacts at the MOS site.
>
>A Peregrine Falcon, apparently flew into a window of the building 
>where I work.  At 5001 Ellin Road, Lanham, Maryland.  It is alive, 
>but definitely stunned.  I have seen other birds hit a window here 
>and eventually fly away again, but they are very few and they have 
>always been small birds.  I have never seen a bird this size survive 
>a collision with a window here.  Though it is stunned it is aware of 
>its surroundings when its eyes are open, but it is now keeping its 
>eyes closed.  From the direction of its breast markings it appears 
>to be an immature falcon.  I noticed a green band on its left 
>leg.  The number, as long as I am seeing the entire number, is 49.
>
>Ed Garrity

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