Eileen Cunningham and myself observed a White Gyrfalcon Tuesday evening, March 10, on Pinyon Mesa. We were south of the Glade Park Store just below the intersection of S 16.5 & JS Road (end of winter maintenance and as far as you can drive). The Gyrfalcon glided just below the contour of the ridge going from south to north. We were able to watch it for quite a distance and it did not flap its wings as it glided to the north. Gyrfalcons are known to be diurnal migrants, and we observed it about 5:50 P.M.
The bird was large (a tad smaller than the Common Raven when viewed together) with a robust chest, and was pure white except for the sharply contrasting dark (black) wingtips (reminded one of an American White Pelican). A group of us looked for the Gyrfalcon in the same area last night, March 11, without success. Strongly suspect it was migrating north. Mike Henwood Grand Junction Mesa County -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAL4Vesra3GXMD88ao8nBKqKn6a9FDcnqRmFebXn6OWSWWEgKAw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
