My Apologies for the late report. Yesterday March 9th the Gyrfalcon was seen briefly at Lafleche Landfill at 1pm. It was on the furthest of the three poles within the landfill visible from the road. It was already positioned on the pole with a kill when I arrived at 1pm. I set up scope, could see it had only a small portion of a black feathered bird remaining in its claw. I took my eye from the scope briefly to get my camera, and when I looked back it had gone, and I never saw where it went? I waited about 20 minutes to see if it might reappear, but during that time the crows and starlings were all behaving normally, so I decided to leave.
Good birding, Gerard Merrickville, Ontario On 15-03-06 11:32 AM, "Jacques Bouvier" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Lafleche environmental, owner of the Lafleche landfill site where a > Gyrfalcon was first discovered on January 3, 2015, was preparing to allow > birders inside the facilities to see the Gyrfalcon up close. This special > event may be cancelled unless the bird is seen again. The Gyrfalcon appears > to have abandoned the landfill site: after seeing the bird nearly daily > since January 3, staff at the facility did not see it this week, the last > Ontbird report was on February 22, and the last eBird sightings were made on > March 1. > > Please let me know in private if you have seen the bird recently. If it is > seen again with some regularity, a special tour will be organized allowing > birders to view the Gyrfalcon up close inside the landfill compounds. > > > > Jacques > > > > Jacques Bouvier, St-Isidore ON > > [email protected] > > > > Mes galeries de photos d'oiseaux (EEO birds): > > http://jacques-miroiseur.smugmug.com/ > > > > http://jacquesbouvier.blogspot.ca/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > birding organization. > Send bird reports to [email protected] > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > Posting guidelines can be found at > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
