Earlier this afternoon, I had Hilary in my arms and was walking with her around the living room. As I looked out the living room windows I happened to see the unmistakable form of a falcon diving towards a raven flying about 10 feet off the ground. When the bird hit, the raven dropped slightly but kept flying, looking no worse for wear. As the much smaller falcon was climbing again for what looked to be a second dive I set Hilary down and grabbed my binoculars.
Unfortunately in doing so I lost sight of the falcon and it did not try again for that raven. I'm going to assume that it is a Gyrfalcon as the Peregrine's should have left some time ago. Alas I didn't get a good enough look to tell for sure. What ever it was it must have been hungry to take on a raven.
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