Heading out for coffee early this morning I was intrigued by the sight of a gentleman bedecked in binoculars and standing beside a spotting scope on a tripod directed up....way up. Maybe not an unusual sight in the countryside but at a busy intersection on Yonge Street it was cause for me to stop and inquire. In fact, the scope was trained on a Peregrine Falcon perched high atop a condominium complex on Yonge just south of Finch. The fellow birder is a member of the Canadian Peregrine Foundation and thanks to him I had a spectacular view of this magnificent bird. I never would have thought I would see such a raptor in my own 'hood but you can bet I'll spend more time looking up.
