peregrines eat bats? - Wildlife Gardeners

turttle · 11-17-2010, 10:45 PM

I was scouting around for articles to post and I found this one, admittedly from last year but I hadn't seen it before (despite the fact I get Living Bird)
Naturalist Notebook - Winter 2009 Living Bird, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

It is the naturalist page by John Schmitt in Living Bird, describing a peregrine falcon diving into a flock of bats and catching them to eat. I had no idea they ate bats.

Sage, oh peregrine expert, is this a common thing or a fluke that the guy witnessed?

Sage · 11-17-2010, 10:51 PM

Gudgreef! I had no idea either! I'll check with my friend at the DEC who is in charge of the Peregrines.

We're having another Peregrine mystery which I'm reporting about on my blog.

Sage · 11-17-2010, 11:01 PM

I just got an email from Jacquie at the DEC pointing out a mistake in my blog!!! But I sent that link and will report back.
re the blog - green seen under the male's feathers so we have two mystery Pefas at this site.

sprucetree · 05-07-2013, 09:02 PM

Let's hope they stick to pigeons; The last 2 bats were acting funny in the Palmer Woods neighborhood and had rabies.

recurve · 05-08-2013, 07:30 PM

I don't think birds can contract rabies from mammals. Can they?

Equilibrium · 05-10-2013, 01:48 PM

Bullfrogs have been known to eat bats AND hummingbirds. Everything's got to take care of the rumblies in the tummies!!!
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recurve> Uh uh.... they can't.

11-17-2010, 10:45 PM	#1
turttle Curious George & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	peregrines eat bats? I was scouting around for articles to post and I found this one, admittedly from last year but I hadn't seen it before (despite the fact I get Living Bird) Naturalist Notebook - Winter 2009 Living Bird, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology It is the naturalist page by John Schmitt in Living Bird, describing a peregrine falcon diving into a flock of bats and catching them to eat. I had no idea they ate bats. Sage, oh peregrine expert, is this a common thing or a fluke that the guy witnessed? __________________ There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, this is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. - Lord Byron Turttle's pollinator garden

11-17-2010, 10:51 PM	#2
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Gudgreef! I had no idea either! I'll check with my friend at the DEC who is in charge of the Peregrines. We're having another Peregrine mystery which I'm reporting about on my blog. __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

11-17-2010, 11:01 PM	#3
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	I just got an email from Jacquie at the DEC pointing out a mistake in my blog!!! But I sent that link and will report back. re the blog - green seen under the male's feathers so we have two mystery Pefas at this site. __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

05-07-2013, 09:02 PM	#4
sprucetree Heron Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Michigan/detroit	Let's hope they stick to pigeons; The last 2 bats were acting funny in the Palmer Woods neighborhood and had rabies. __________________ Prairie Plants First year they sleep Second year they creep Third year they leap; So plant some today

05-10-2013, 01:48 PM	#6
Equilibrium Official Plant Nerd Join Date: Dec 2008	Bullfrogs have been known to eat bats AND hummingbirds. Everything's got to take care of the rumblies in the tummies!!! -- recurve> Uh uh.... they can't. __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

05-08-2013, 07:30 PM	#5
recurve Heron Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: powell,Ohio	I don't think birds can contract rabies from mammals. Can they?

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