I would agree with Carl. I arrived about 11:30, about a 1/4 miles west of Taft Hill Rd and the facon came to the folks waiting there. I have read other reports that appeared to have the same "happy" result.
Bez Bezuidenhout Lakewood , Co On Wed, 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/3ccdfcb5-9882-47ea-bc4c-ab94b19b4bab%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > 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/CAJ_b%2BxnNN%3D5qbUVMGsA8ZEH3n2muA5eiTCH4KD0iSWvPSUodmw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
