# Spotted a peregrine in Queens, NYC!
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**Created:** [April 23, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotted-a-peregrine-in-queens-nyc/619696 "2012-04-23T15:43:03Z")
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### Author:  [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotted-a-peregrine-in-queens-nyc/619696/1 "2012-04-23T15:43:03Z")
I was waiting on my local branch of the Long Island Rail Road when a large bird of prey landed on a nearby lampost and let me ogle him until I had to board the train. He was a BIG boy! I can only presume he was in Flushing to nosh on some pigeons (or alternatively, to get some Chinese food like everyone else 😛 )
Hopefully we’ll be seeing his or her chicks on one of the nest webcams soon!
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### Author:  [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotted-a-peregrine-in-queens-nyc/619696/2 "2012-04-23T16:21:37Z")
There are any number of hawks and falcons around the NYC area. I believe Peregrines favor the MetLife building.
Red-Tailed Hawks can also be seen in Manhattan and around NYC. there’s a nesting pair on the backside of the Criminal Courthouse in Queens, we got to watch them when I was on jury duty. 🙂 I saw a good sized Red-tail nomming some pigeon parts in Washington Square Park not too long ago. He was light colored, so maybe related to Pale Male. I thought to myself – you try to raise your kids right on the Upper East Side but the next thing you know they’re slumming it in the Village.
[http://urbanhawks.blogs.com/urban\_hawks/](http://urbanhawks.blogs.com/urban_hawks/)