Revolutionary Organization 17 November 2023
Are you able to spot the peregrine?
When peregrines are hungry, the birds they’d love to devour flock tightly and transfer as speedy as they are able to. The denser the flock the tougher it’s for the peregrine to select a solo chicken to catch for dinner.
Within the photograph above pigeons are flying crosswise to steer clear of an oncoming peregrine. Are you able to spot the peregrine within the image?
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) are masters of tight flocking and evasive maneuvers when threatened from the air. Within the video underneath via Pacificnorthwestkate (@pnwkate) the dunlin transfer like a murmuration of starlings as a peregrine harasses them. Are you able to spot the peregrine?
Understand how the dunlin flock winks on and off within the video, darkish at one second then so white they disappear. In wintry weather plumage dunlin have brown-gray backs and white bellies. The flock adjustments colour because the birds flip in unison within the air.
Closing month I wrote about peregrines’ wintry weather technique for catching dunlin: Peregrines Are Simply Tiring Them Out.
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