That day there were two of us on the watch as volunteers for a three-week Pack Monadnock hawk census. Irene and I meet this time each year. Part of the enjoyment of hawkwatch season is the reunion component. Big falcon wings. We both knew what that meant.
Peregrines are unusual inland.
Most head to either the East or West Coast before turning due south. Migrating Peregrines power by with steady wingbeats, but this one was in no hurry, perhaps more on hunting than migration mode. It lingered over the ledges on North Pack. Peregrines like ledges. In time, the falcon drifted our way, and then set wings to sail along the ridgeline, getting down to the business of migration.