Quasi-rare Bird Alert - 3/24/2001

Todd Thornton and I found very nearly white GYRFALCON (probably
sub-adult; white phase). It was first seen on the northmost
trestle crossarm on Trestle Bay. It flew south in classic GYR
fashion (low and straight) to make a hit on a duck, missed and
returned to land about mid-trestle. It was frosty white with
medium gray barring. The head was completely white except for
a dark gray mask over the eyes and auriculars. A ROUGHED-LEGGED
HAWK was also seen in the area.

Also seen today were 2 CASPIAN TERNS and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
at parking lot D. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS and TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS
were singing at the Battery Russell bike path.

--
Mike Patterson Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo,
Astoria, OR it is not enough to be persecuted
celata at pacifier.com by an unkind establishment,
you must also be right.
---Robert Park
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