John, There is a great and safe place to hang out south of the landfill, on the west side of Taft at the Trilby/Taft intersection. Trilby, is paved on the east side of Taft, but is a dirt road on the west side, where there is lots of easy and safe parking. I was there on Sunday and Monday. You have great views of both the landfill and the areas surrounding Trilby/Taft, which is where our friend has been hanging out. Good luck, Rich
> On Dec 19, 2018, at 19:36, Wayne Wathen <[email protected]> wrote: > > The wind should not be a problem tomorrow. Good luck. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Dec 19, 2018, at 7:22 PM, Carl Bendorf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> I hope others will chime in with better advice but my sense (having been >> there a couple of times and watching all the postings) is that the better >> bet is to perhaps park on Trilby west of Taft Hill (I don't know, maybe half >> a mile in?) and waiting. The falcon seems to really like perching on the >> tallest (brown metal) power line poles but also on lower perches either >> north or south of Trilby. The sightings at the landfill itself seem to have >> been irregular, unpredictable quick fly-bys whereas the Trilby Road >> sightings are of the bird perching sometimes for more than an hour. You >> probably also have seen the recent postings about the bird also being seen >> perched EAST of Taft Hill Rd or even a ways south on Taft Hill (but very >> hard to park along Taft Hill itself.) I think being there at first light >> would be good as there do seem to be early morning sightings. >> >> The day I was there, we were able to enter the landfill itself by telling >> the person at the entry booth that we were "just birders" and she knew all >> about the rare bird and waved us on in. Once headed in (follow the big dump >> trucks) there should be a person in a reflective vest who you should check >> in with and ask where it would be OK to park. But again, at that point, you >> are waiting for a quick fly-by it seems. >> >> You CAN see the landfill (with all the loafing/scavenging gulls) from Trilby >> but it's a long ways off. I saw the gulls all get up several times and >> hoped it meant the falcon was present but those were false alarms so the >> gulls do seem to just all get up once in a while and then settle back down >> all on their own. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Carl Bendorf >> Longmont CO >> https://coloradobirdingadventures.com/ >> >>> On Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 6:58:40 PM UTC-7, John Facchini wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I am an out of town birder who will have a shot tomorrow to search for the >>> Gyrfalcon. This would be a most desired lifer for me. I have been >>> reviewing the posts (thanks all!) and am curious what the best strategy >>> would be to try and respectfully see this bird tomorrow. Is it just >>> driving Taft and Trilby Roads or does the Recycling plant allow birders >>> access? >>> >>> Thanks in advance >>> John Facchini >>> San Francisco - formerly of Denver >>> >>> Also - any updates tomorrow would be greatly appreciated >>> My phone is (201) 805-5151 - I plan on being in the area at first light >>> through early afternoon unless it makes an early appearance and let's me go >>> on a wild goose chase. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/3ccdfcb5-9882-47ea-bc4c-ab94b19b4bab%40googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/BN7PR07MB4628E52B560C615DA46BD663B3BF0%40BN7PR07MB4628.namprd07.prod.outlook.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/3EB2D654-E3A3-4CF2-9B15-E1D22551F5FD%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
