[EBB Sightings] Peregrine at Pinole Bayfront Park

This morning (Nov 28), a juvenile PEREGRINE FALCON was doing quite well for 
itself at Pinole Bayfront Park (at the bay end of Tennent Ave in Pinole).

When I first saw it, the falcon was sitting among the rocks at the end of 
the creek outlet, surrounded by black and white (and red) feathers, 
apparently having finished that meal.  Shortly it took off and strafed the 
shorebirds along the beach.  All shorebirds took flight except one hapless 
Willet which the falcon plucked neatly from the edge of the surf.  The 
falcon flapped around this area for quite awhile, assumably struggling with 
the Willet until it stopped.  Two Turkey Vultures appeared out of nowhere 
to survey the possibilities.  Finally, the falcon returned to the creek 
mouth, this time alighting on the spit on the far side, to start phase 2 of 
its meal.

Good birding,
--
Laura Look
Pinole, CA