Snapshots: Peregrine Falcon

Two falcons swooped in to attack the large number of foraging shorebirds. They also seemed to go after each other a few times as if they didn’t want to share the hunting grounds. They were juveniles based on the pattern of the striping on their breasts. They didn’t catch anything so their inexperience may have been showing. This is a photo of them flying together. The larger bird is a female, which is the case for most raptors.

This is a closer look at one as they flew past us on their way out to hunt further along the shore.