<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hello Kersti,<div>Very neat that you were able to see those interactions. Please send the video clips.</div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Dan</div><div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 21, 2025, at 10:23 AM, Kersti Muul via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div>Yesterday morning at Me Kwa Mooks (West Seattle beach drive area) a young peregrine was hunting a kingfisher right in front of me.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The peregrine continually diving after it, while the kingfisher evaded it by diving shallowly in the nearshore. It went on for several minutes.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The kingfisher did not end up being breakfast; rather - unfortunately <i>perhaps</i> met its end by a glass deck or window. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The Peregrine did an immediate about face when the kingfisher hit the deck. Peregrine did not take advantage like a coops would.... Likely because young...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I knocked on the door of the house it struck to see if they could see if it was recovering, or deceased, but nobody answered. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I did not hear or see the kingfisher after that and I left about 10 minutes later. I don't believe a window strike at that speed would be recoverable for any bird, much less a kingfisher who are stressy birds already.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have several videos if anyone is interested in seeing this cool interaction. (Cool before the glass that is).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-K</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br><br><br><br><br><br> </div></div>
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