Peregrine: Woburn female crossbar perch!
February 20, 2017 in Peregrine Falcon Woburn
Made a very late pass by the Woburn Peregrines at the end of President’s Day weekend. It was a quiet Monday on a holiday long weekend. The late day setting sun cast a golden glow without a cloud in the sky. The sun was just setting while the female peregrine was perched on the largest utility pole with the double crossbars. She has thicker lateral barring on her underparts compared to the male and his finer barring pattern. The female is more heavily spotted on the upper breast and the pattern becomes heavily barred on the abdomen, flanks, thighs, and under the tail. feathers.