Notes

01 September 1988 Comments Notes Peregrines repeatedly attacking stationary Buzzard R. I. Kinley and D. B. Thexton (Brit. Birds 78: 193) recorded a pair of Peregrines Falco peregrinus persistently mobbing a Buzzard Buteo buteo and apparently striking it while in the air. On 2nd April 198...
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PhotoSpot. 25. Black Vulture

01 February 1988 Comments Main paper When seen at a moderate distance in the field, the Black Vulture Aegypius monachus is just a 'very big and very black' vulture. When viewed closer, however, one sees that its facial features are unique and, to my mind, resemble the mask of a clown. This i...
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Letters

01 September 1979 Comments Letters Peregrine's method of killing prey I read with interest the note on how a Peregrine Falco peregrinus took a Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis, and the accompanying editorial comment (Brit. Birds 71: 37-38). I must say that I thought J. Walpole-Bond...
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