I think they are fairly regular. Haven't worked out whether there is any
seasonality or not, but I think I've seen them in most seasons, and at many
spots throughout the city. Used to get them around Centre Point when I
worked there, and saw one land on a ledge of a building in O'Connell street
once. More recently, working in North Sydney I see them occasionally around
Northpoint (the Hyundai building).
There is an excellent article from UK in BBC Wildlife magazine (July 2000
edition), available from good newsagents that explores the diets of city
peregrines in the UK. To my great surprise, one of the commonest items
included Teal, a small duck! The city nesting pairs rarely hunted in the
city, but travelled out to the country to hunt. Exploding the myth that
city peregrines mostly hunt feral pigeons - at least in the authors study
area.
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