Recent discussions about Peregrines vs Ducks reminded me that an early common name for Peregrines was Duck Hawk.

The Cleveland Museum of Art holds a painting by John James Audubon vividly illustrating this point. Accord to their site:

"Occasionally the artist, sometimes with the help of assistants, made oil versions of his watercolors, of which this image of two falcons feasting on fresh duck carcasses is an early and especially lively example."

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1964.351


August Froehlich
Dublin, OH



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Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 5:15 PM
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Subject: [Ohio-birds] Peregrine Falcon "Duck Hunting" on LaDue Reservoir in Geauga County

It's always special to see a Peregrine Falcon in rural Geauga County, but today even more so as the falcon "went duck hunting" on LaDue Reservoir.
Pictures on my Flickr page at https://www.flickr.com/photos/85567104@N05/.
The Peregrine first made two passes over the islands near the boathouse without success so it headed out over the lake to harass a flock of Coots and Ruddy Ducks.  It would make passes over the birds, I guess to try to make one fly.  The ducks were having none of it!  Instead, when it got too close all the ducks would dive under water  together.  This went on for about 5 minutes until the falcon figured this was not going to work, and it flew to the other side of the lake.



Matt Valencic

Geauga County


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