Having watched the excellent video, I believe that I may have seen a gyrfalcon
north of Aurora at Great Gully Cove. It took off just as I drove by. It was
not a situation in which I could make a positive identification, but it sure
looked like the bird in the video. Just about a mile further down the road, a
mature bald eagle was disturbed from its roost by a crow. Interesting drive!
From: bounce-125237715-3493...@list.cornell.edu
on behalf of Suan Hsi Yong
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2020 10:49 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Hoster-Stahl Gyrfalcon Video
Yesterday morning I drove up to Hoster Road through the most beautiful
hoary landscape, arrived to see the gyrfalcon fly from the
northernmost rock pile to the lone tree east of Hoster Road, as close
to the bird as I'd yet gotten. It eventually took off and flew around
back to the eastern edge of the big rock pile, looking like some rocky
mountain crags with the snow cover. There it sat for a good while
quite close to the road giving great looks before taking off ENE
towards the first houss on Stahl Road. There Dave (I think) pointed me
to the post it was sitting on just past the house, and yielded me the
opportunity to slowly drive up to it very close, where it did not seem
to mind my presence. I watched it look around, get buzzed by a fly-by
Northern Harrier, and shortly after setting up to take video caught it
taking off to the field to the north where it harassed a handful of
Canada Geese before flying off to the east.
Here's the video of the gyrfalcon, taking off in regular and 1/4-speed
slow motion.
https://youtu.be/sqV60s5K7tY
Suan
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