Hi all, There were lots of people looking for the Gyrfalcon at Gilgo today but no one that I met had a confirmed sighting. At one point we saw three large, very distant, falcons in flight and one was obviously larger than the others. The larger bird took off from the beach of one of the distant islands that can be seen from the west end of the Gilgo Beach Inn parking lot. Apparently the Gyr perched in the same spot yesterday after killing a duck.The larger bird was being harassed by one of the smaller ones. We were leaning towards Gyr but we thought that the size difference could alternatively be attributed to a large female peregrine. The birds were so far away that we could not be sure. Bring a Celestron!
The osprey platforms and channel markers east and west of the Gilgo Beach Inn parking lot seem to be good places to look, but they only hosted peregrines for us. Does anyone have a positive report to share? It would be great to get some more info out there so that people driving from far afield may have a better chance of success. Thanks, Bert Harris, Princeton, NJ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
