Today, 28 Sept 10, was stormy at Milford Point. On the sandbar three Peregrine Falcons (one adult and two immatures) sat together and occasionally hunted about 250 shorebirds, about half Black-bellied Plovers but also Dunlin, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Semipalmated Plovers, SB Dowitchers, Willets, and Ruddy Turnstone. (A Merlin also coursed through). The adult Peregrine picked out a pair of American Oystercatchers but gave up the chase easily. We were concerned because our local Amoy trio are still around. Below are pictures of the adult Peregrine (at some distance--just a record shot), two Horned Larks that showed up early on the Francis Street spit, and a video of one of the adult Amoys with the youngster (notice black bill tip and brown color of back) on 25 Sept. (Also, the White-tailed Kite was hunting at the west end of the Point, and a N Harrier was coursing over the marsh. Meanwhile, hundred of DC Cormorants were streaming by in large formations, one of which contained 120 birds. For the first day in a few weeks we did not see a sharp-tailed sparrow in the Spartina.)
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