Hi Tweets,

>Ruth Sullivan writes:
>
>>i will respond:EARLY GYRFALCON:last year we had a gyrfalcon on october 21-
>>1996 right on time.
>
>If this pattern of Week 3 Oct arrival of these Arctic species is
>consistent--i.e., "right on time"--it shows that Gyrfalcons and Snowy Owls
>migrate down the outer coast *significantly*--two to three weeks--earlier
>than they do through a slightly inland site like Vancouver BC.

Then from the Rocky Point survey point at the S end of Vancouver Island,
Michael Shephard writes:

>The highlight of the week was a Gyrfalcon seen by
> Dannie Carsen and Richard Watts on October 18.

How neat if this were the same bird, to be able to follow its course through
the winter and back to the Arctic. Even if one gyr doesn't make a migration
pattern, it does support the idea of earlier migration on the coast. Eyes
peeled next year!

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