Name That Bird

This guy perched on the back of our ship all afternoon as we sailed away from Aruba. Anybody know what kind of bird it is. Someone said it’s a Sea Hawk – yes?

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9 Responses to “Name That Bird”

Ventzi Zhechev Says:
11,January, 2009 at 5:45 pm | Reply
I don’t think this is a seahawk. It might be some kind of falcon…

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Ventzi Zhechev
a.k.a. a stray Bulgarian in Ireland
nadene Says:
11,January, 2009 at 7:26 pm | Reply
That’s a peregrine falcon! where were you?
xx N
nadene Says:
11,January, 2009 at 7:34 pm | Reply
If I wanna be a real smart ass I can tell you it is an adult male – and they are the fastest animal on earth. They hunt by flying up really really high and then dropping onto prey from above at speeds of 200 miles per hour. They do not however tend to eat fish but they nest in cliffs – (or on top of cathedrals if they are cosmopolitan) were you near cliffs?

xx N

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johnlenahan Says:
11,January, 2009 at 9:31 pm | Reply
We were at sea a day out of Aruba.
nadene Says:
11,January, 2009 at 10:06 pm | Reply
|That sounds like a goodly way from land! He must have been very happy to find such an unexpected perch!
tim Says:
12,January, 2009 at 11:57 am | Reply
speaking of birds GO EAGLES
subgear Says:
12,January, 2009 at 1:31 pm | Reply
A friend of mine remarked yesterday, “The Eagles have defeated the Giants and now must take on the Cardinals in Phoenix. Is it me or does all this sound like some kind of Celtic folk tale?”
tim Says:
12,January, 2009 at 1:37 pm | Reply
great great metaphor
subgear
Article sites Says:
1,April, 2009 at 5:05 am | Reply
It might be some kind of falcon…