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There are Peregrine falcons in my city. I remember walking downtown one time and seeing one on the sidewalk with a pigeon in its talons. All the commuters and
by hackeraccount 1y ago
There are Peregrine falcons in my city. I remember walking downtown one time and seeing one on the sidewalk with a pigeon in its talons. All the commuters and I just walked around it. Really weird somehow.
- lloeki 1y agoInteresting, around here raptors hunt high, and if prey falls to the ground they abandon it; too dangerous to go down in the streets.
- glxxyz 1y agoI almost ran one over turning in a car park in Edmonton. Backed up and it was still standing on the pigeon glaring at me. I drove around.
- IAmBroom 1y agoThat's a hawk vs falcon hunting difference, not a city vs countryside one. Quail won't take off if a falcon's shadow passes over them; they'll burst if a hawk's does.
- vidarh 1y agoLondon apparently has a high density of them (but high density still only means something like 40 breeding pairs), and some people are all excited about the prospect that they can do something about the rapidly rising wild parakeet population...
- morkalork 1y agoI'm having a hard time squaring away the image of grey gloomy London also being overrun with colourful tropical looking birds, I had to google it and see.
- throwup238 1y agoThey’re surprisingly well adapted to a large range of temperatures because of the species found in temperate rainforests at higher altitudes. They frequently enough escape from pet stores and zoos that there are many sizable populations spread out around the world. The one nearest me is the infamous Pasadena parrots [1] which is made up of thousands of birds likely built up over decades of escapes. There are populations in Chicago, New York, Rome, Tokyo, and plenty of other cities in the world. [1] https://www.lafieldguide.com/p/the-pasadena-parrots https://www.lafieldguide.com/p/the-pasadena-parrots
- vidarh 1y agoHere are some pictures taken out of my home office window too: https://m.galaxybound.com/@vidar/114256153547342202 https://m.galaxybound.com/@vidar/114256153547342202 And a short walk from mine: https://m.galaxybound.com/@vidar/114582595390607406 https://m.galaxybound.com/@vidar/114582595390607406 They're everywhere at this point.
- morkalork 1y agoThose are fantastic photos!
- throwaway422432 1y agoMelbourne, Australia has a family of falcons living on the roof of 367 Collins St in the CBD. You can find some of the falcon cam footage on YouTube.