Subject: [Tweeters] Raptor ID - thank you
Date: Feb 21 14:08:53 2011
From: A Mackenzie - alexam at u.washington.edu



Thank you so much, everyone (and especially Bud Anderson)! I'm thrilled
to add a Gyrfalcon to my life list. (Though I was happy to momentarily
consider the Prairie Falcon, too!)

It's also great to learn more about people's areas of expertise. Part of
my confusion stemmed from the fellow who was taking photos of the bird
when I arrived, and who told me he thought it was a Prairie Falcon (though
he didn't seem completely certain). I had no way of evaluating his
expertise, as he took off before I could ask him more questions. That's
why this list is so very valuable, and I appreciate *all* of the responses
I've received.

Aside to Barb Diehl: we saw *lots* of Snow Geese between Polson Rd and
Dry Slough Road that same morning (2/19) - hard to guess how many but in
the tens of thousands for sure.

We watched the geese from about 9-11, and then went up Moore and found the
Gyrfalcon a little after 11am. Later that afternoon we tried for the
Black Phoebe at Wylie Slough but dipped out. I'm certainly not
complaining. It was a terrific day.

Cheers all,
Alex MacKenzie
Seattle


On Mon, 21 Feb 2011, Bud Anderson wrote:

> Alexandra,
> ?
> You can pretty much always depend on Sundstrom and Weber. Hickes too
> apparently.
> No question that this is a juvenile brown?Gyrfalcon, so very typical of our
> western WA birds.
>
> --
> Bud Anderson
> Falcon Research Group
> Box 248
> Bow, WA 98232
> (360) 757-1911
> falconresearch at gmail.com
>
>


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Alexandra MacKenzie
Admissions and Curriculum
Biostatistics Department, University of Washington
Box 357232, Seattle WA 98195
Phone: (206) 616-6790
alexam at u.washington.edu