Kelly & All,

Well, I'm no expert, but I did have a close encounter with a white phase gyrfalcon along Wenas ridge above Eagle Nest west of Yakima (elevation about 5,800 ft.) on November 13, 1987 and I'm pretty sure that if you'd removed all the snow present at the time that the terrain would have been alpine meadow-like anyway.

Dennis Rockwell Kennewick, WA dennis.rockwell at gte.net

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-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Cassidy <lostriver at completebbs.com>
To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 9:33 AM
Subject: Gyrfalcon experts?


Does anyone know if Gyrfalcons wintering in Washington stay in the lowlands, or do they also occur in open subalpine meadows?

Kelly Cassidy