Just to give everyone some of the "negative" data as well, here's the scoop on the search effort for this bird since it was last observed on the afternoon of Wed Dec 2. Thurs 12/3 - No one looked for it to my knowledge. Fri 12/4 - I checked at 1:00 pm and didn't see it. Sat 12/5 - I didn't look for it but Tim Oksiuta checked twice and didn't see it. Some out of town birders saw it mid-afternoon distantly flying out over the bay past the oredock. Sun 12/6 - Multiple birders checked the oredock almost constantly from sunrise to 12 noon and didn't see it. Then, as he posted, Tim (and others?) found it at 3 pm. Ryan Brady Washburn, Bayfield County, WI http://www.pbase.com/rbrady > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 16:25:38 -0800 > From: timocky@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: [wisb] GYRFALCON refound - Ashland, WI > To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > I refound the GYRFALCON this afternoon at about 3 P.M. The bird was perched > on top of a chute on the east side of the oredock, within a hundred yards of > the north end. This was my fourth attempt at locating it in the past 48 > hours. > > Tim Oksiuta > Ashland, WI > Bayfield County > > > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding > Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. > > #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.