Nature Done Wright

(Editor’s note: Sorry for not posting this sooner.)

I did a loop around Celery Farm Sunday morning, and some great highlights included a soaring PEREGRINE FALCON that came silently from behind me over Pirie Platform.
   I just happened to be turned around and saw the bird coast over the lake, make a long loop,and then disappear again behind the trees.
    After about 45 seconds, 3 blackbirds high-tailed it across the lake followed by the falcon! One bird dived  as 2 flew into cover.
   The falcon dived after the blackbird but narrowly missed it. It didn’t try again, and ascended and flew over the lake from left to right. It looped once and then flew off into the distance.

   Also, a probably LEAST FLYCATCHER was catching bugs with 2 Eastern Phoebes. I got some photos.  Can someone please help positively ID the flycatcher:

http://www.purplechickadee.com/celeryfarm

Click the thumbnail and the first few photos are the bird.

   Other highlights: 1 male American Redstart, 1 Black and White Warbler, 4 Red-eyed Vireos, a Red-tailed Hawk, and lots more. See full list below.
   Fred Weber wrote in the book that he saw a Prairie Warbler, too, but I was not able to find it:

Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 20
Mallard 50
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Mourning Dove 9
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 3
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 18
Northern Mockingbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 2
Yellow Warbler 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Cardinal 16
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 1
American Goldfinch 10