Re: [cayugabirds-l] Seneca Falls Gyrfalcon continues

[Peter Saracino]

Beautiful pix Dave!
Sar

On Thu, Dec 17, 2020, 12:29 PM Dave K  wrote:

> Went out hoping for some roadside birds after a ~6inch snowfall overnight
> but didn't see a one,
> Came across the Gyrfalcon pole sitting and managed some pics...
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/50730304126/in/datetaken/
> before it flew to a tree overlooking a goose flock. The geese did not
> seem concerned by this.
> A jittery mixed flock of Horned Larks, Snow Buntings and Lapland Longspurs
> were distant in a field North of Stahl Rd.
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[cayugabirds-l] Seneca Falls Gyrfalcon continues

[Dave K]

Went out hoping for some roadside birds after a ~6inch snowfall overnight but 
didn't see a one,
Came across the Gyrfalcon pole sitting and managed some pics...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/50730304126/in/datetaken/
before it flew to a tree overlooking a goose flock. The geese did not seem 
concerned by this.
A jittery mixed flock of Horned Larks, Snow Buntings and Lapland Longspurs were 
distant in a field North of Stahl Rd.

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[cayugabirds-l] Seneca Falls Gyrfalcon Continues

[bob mcguire]

Diane, Ken, and I arrived at the quarry along Hoster Road at 7:10 this morning 
to stake out the Gyrfalcon that has been reported there the past few days (and 
has wintered in the vicinity the past few winters - though perhaps not the same 
bird). Apparently the Gyr roosts on the west wall of the quarry and sallies 
forth each morning in search of prey. Between the pools at the Refuge, the 
north end of Cayuga lake, and the open stream that runs out through Canoga, 
there is certainly a robust selection of waterfowl to keep it well fed. 

Our plan was to set up there at sunrise and wait until the Gyr headed out for 
breakfast. At 8:25 the bird flew into the bare trees just beyond the green 
machinery (rock-crusher?) and began to preen. We were fortunate that the light 
was strong and low, there was no wind, and the bird was not obscured by 
branches - and were able to observe it for a good half hour before leaving. A 
report from another birder a while later noted that it was no longer present. 
As noted in the eBird report, it is a large-bodied bird (full, deep chest) with 
gray mustache stripe (not as pronounced as with Peregrine), and gray-brown 
breast spots.

One additional note here: Shortly after we arrived (around 7:25) a largish 
raptor flew rapidly past us, just above ground level, from south to north and 
disappeared between gravel piles back into the quarry. It happened so fast that 
we were not able to get any optics on it nor really fix on any significant 
field marks. I could have been the Gyr - or a Peregrine or, possible, a 
Cooper’s Hawk.

Bob McGuire



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