I understand as of 2 pm today the gyrfalcon had not been seen and many birders were looking all day. I also read on an NjBIRDS post that a photographer acknowledges finding a Gyr viewing location yesterday afternoon where he was "hidden" behind an evergreen that allowed for "optimal viewing". The bird then took off or so the report states (and apparently has not been seen by anyone since). I don't know him and certainly can't judge how close he got or the propriety of a photographer getting close to such a rare bird -- a topic of much comment through the years -- or whether his proximity had anything to do with the bird taking off. It may just be hunkered down on this overcast day and will show up again at Blue Chip Farm later today or tomorrow. I can say the linked photo is really an excellent one. His photos are posted under the nom de plume "Larry Bird". As a Celtics fan since birth and growing up in Boston during the Russell, Havlicek, Sam and KC Jones era you just can't call yourself Larry Bird -- there being only one. Go Celts. Good luck with the Gyr if you're there or if you go. Would be a lifer for me.
L. Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone On Dec 26, 2015, at 8:48 AM, James Purcell <jpurcell1...@gmail.com<mailto:jpurcell1...@gmail.com>> wrote: If anybody could give any updates on the whereabouts of the Gyrfalcon in Wallkill today and post if it is sighted at any point, it would be greatly appreciated for those that may be taking the trip up there this afternoon. Thanks! James Purcell Fairfield, CT -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
