Comments on: On The Beach http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/24/on-the-beach/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Wed, 22 May 2013 20:06:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: sarah http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/24/on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-16275 sarah Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:12:48 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=47045#comment-16275 I feel sorry for the bird that is being eaten.

]]> By: Gintaras http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/24/on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-16272 Gintaras Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:14:00 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=47045#comment-16272 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WHwtJsOaEc

(note from Kate: The link Gintaras posted above is a video of a red-tailed hawk eating a pigeon in Downtown Pittsburgh some time before Dec 29, 2010. It reminds me of the time a red-tailed hawk ate a hawk, perhaps on the same Downtown sidewalk, in 2008: http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/02/05/hawk-eats-hawk/)

]]> By: Kathy http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/24/on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-16271 Kathy Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:40:18 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=47045#comment-16271 WOW!! AND WOW!!! Thanks so much for this report and photos.

]]> By: Steve Gosser http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/24/on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-16270 Steve Gosser Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:55:18 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=47045#comment-16270 Absolutely amazing pictures…..WOW!!!

]]> By: Kate St. John http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/24/on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-16268 Kate St. John Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:06:02 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=47045#comment-16268 For Pittsburgh peregrines, yes. City peregrines probably distrust all the activity on the ground. This bird lives by different rules.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/24/on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-16267 Stephen Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:56:34 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=47045#comment-16267 Kate, is it unusual for a peregrine to eat its kill on the ground?

]]> By: Herm http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/24/on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-16266 Herm Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:57:30 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=47045#comment-16266 That’s awesome and thanks for the photo series !!

]]> By: kc http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/24/on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-16265 kc Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:42:26 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=47045#comment-16265 It’s funny. As a birder I always try to respect birds and other animals by not getting too close. In some instances, as displayed here, a non-birder will get much closer than I would ever dare to and I envy their experience even though they are not aware of their enviable experience!

Great photos. Thanks.

]]> By: sharon leadbitter http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/24/on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-16264 sharon leadbitter Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:15:18 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=47045#comment-16264 I think it needs a toothpick or maybe some floss :-)

Seriously … people are so unobservant or just blase’ … look around you people and see what you’ve been missing!!

]]> By: Peter http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/24/on-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-16263 Peter Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:48:43 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=47045#comment-16263 Unbelievable! Seriously. Without the pictures I don’t know if I could have believed it. I’d be sad if this happened to me, because it’d all be downhill from there! Glad you met Michael and that he shared.

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