The bird did a fly-by this morning at 10:20 a.m., circled over the open water, flew west over Humber Bay, stooped on some unseen prey by Humber Bay East and disappeared west along the lakeshore. It will return.
My impression was of a falcon, larger than a Peregrine, looking very much like the dark underwing-covert Saker Falcon illustrated in Birds of Europe by Mullarney et al. Aside from this particular sighting, the probability of an escaped Saker (very popular amongst the increasing number of falconers) is far greater than that of a harbour-haunting eastern North American Prairie Falcon (probably zero records). I would like to be wrong. George Bryant "George Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
