September 5, 2026
A Young Peregrine on the Ascent
Yesterday in the Mohonk Preserve near New Paltz, N.Y., Chris Nadareski of the NYC DEP released four young rehabbed peregrines,…
Ginny Chucka sent this photo on Saturday afternoon, and I knew immediately that it had to be the next Monday Morning Mystery. (The photo was taken recently in Western N.J.)
See anything unusual?
Here's the answer, via Ginny: "We were fishing along the shoreline of the Clinton Reservoir, and a Blad Eagle flew out (photo below left). Then we saw something swimming. At first we thought it was a beaver or a mink swimming (photo below right). Then the owl flew over our heads with the squirrel and perched in a tree in front of us. We never saw the grab itself."
(Thanks, Ginny! Amazing pix. And congrats to all who saw the squirrel's tail in the owl photo.)