[wisb] Re: Gyrfalcon--Superior
- From: Nancy Richmond <polarpastor@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: stevethiessen@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:15:59 -0600
We saw the Gyrfalcon yesterday morning perched on the Peavey elevator on
Connor's Point in Superior. Got to see it fly too! It was powerful and
looked very much at ease, nothing like the bat-out-of-hell flight of it's
small Merlin cousin. It seemed more relaxed than the Peregrines I've seen
too. Of course it wasn't hunting at that moment, just moving on. I was
expecting to see faster than a speeding bullet. We were staying in the
Duluth area for a few days and finally saw the Gyr the 3rd day we checked
for it. It seems to favor perching on a black thing near the top of the
tallest white I-beam structure. All the pictures I've seen had it there,
and that's where we saw it too. There are many, many possible perching
places around the Superior Harbor.
We also spotted the Common Eider both at Barker's Island (Friday) and Canal
Park in Duluth (Saturday). She's difficult to pick out among all the very
active Mallards until you spot her. Head shape and subtle coloring
differences are evident once you see her. Easier to see at Canal Park as
the open water is all visible at once (there's no low bridge to hide under
as at Barker's Island) and the width of the canal limits how far away the
birds can be. Friday at Barker's Island we watched a Snowy Owl make at
least 2 attempts at a duck dinner. There's some whitewash on the right
peak of the barn red building where it perches. It's presence was attended
to by much chaotic flapping quacking and a wholesale abandonment of the
open water by the Mallards, but not the Goldeneyes.
Nancy Richmond
Polar- Langlade Co.
On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Steve Thiessen <stevethiessen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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> Ebird and Robbye have the eider back over at Canal park, in Duluth. And if
> I read it right, the Gyrfalcon is the male that was banded back in 2003 and
> came back for several years. May be the one, many of us got to see up
> there.
> Steve Thiessen Stoughton Dane co
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daryl Tessen" <bhaunts@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 9:54 PM
> Subject: [wisb] Gyrfalcon--Superior
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> >I received a call late this afternoon from a Superior birder that a male
> >GYRFALCON has been present in Superior for about the past week.
> Apparently
> >it is being seen perched on a grain elevator in the area where the bridge
> >starts over to Duluth. Good luck. (I have not seen anything posted here
> >lately about the Common Eider that has been at Barker's Island in
> >Superior.)
> > Daryl Tessen
> > Appleton,, WI
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