As I was heading  under the I-480 overpass, on Canal Rd. in Valley View this morning, I watched a 
Great Blue Heron cruising along, about 10 feet above the canal. Out of the sky, coming at him full-
tilt-boogie was a Peregrine Falcon! Straight at the poor heron! The heron spotted her and made a 
jerky  dive to the right and the falcon zipped past, turned with one wing tip on a dime and shot back 
while the heron shifted to the left and up a bit--craning its neck to see where the falcon was. It was 
like watching a stealth fighter attack a Boeing 747. The falcon just seemed to want to harass the 
heron, not eat him.  it was probably a young one showing off for mom and dad.  I later saw the two 
juvenile females in the evening on the way home.

Nothing like stopping traffic to watch birds on the way to work, I say. Much of the honking I heard 
was not coming from geese.

Clyde Witt
Sagamore Hills

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