Hello, Yes there was a grey morph Gyrfalcon seen briefly by a local couple at the Vollmer Centre pond in Lasalle near Windsor on December 27. It was identified at the time as a Peregrine Falcon due to its tricky plumage, but later identified as a Gyrfalcon by Facebook users. It has not been seen again since. It could be in the area but the only likely way of seeing it is finding it by lucky chance as they are very nomadic hunters, not sticking in any one area for very long unless there's a constant accessible food source.
I'm pretty sure it's against Ontbirds posting guidelines to post someone else's sightings but I figure an exception can be made here since there was a specific inquiry about it, and this find has been on CBC news in a number of media as well as a number of Facebook pages. Jeremy Bensette Leamington > On Jan 6, 2016, at 12:11 AM, Judith goulin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I heard this report unofficially. Can anyone confirm this? > > Judith Goulin > Cobourg --- with Essex County connections > > > > > > This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. > www.avast.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > birding organization. > Send bird reports to [email protected] > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > Posting guidelines can be found at > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
