It's called a Gyrfalcon.

Michelle Landis
Coupeville

On Fri, May 12, 2023, 1:15 PM Nelson Briefer <nreiferb at gmail.com> wrote:


> I hesitate to mention Mabey raptors. I contacted some one on this list and

> stated that I will not mention this sighting. However, what I observed does

> put this raptor into the Maybe spectrum. May 11-; about 1:30. On south

> Ershig road, maybe call it Bow area, I drove under a large raptor, about

> Red- tailed hawk size. The hawk was a grey in ventral areas and was

> flapping. I did not notice the length of the tail. Therefor, the tail must

> not have been accipiter long. Therefor , I am thinking a grey RT hawk. That

> was a five second look. Then about a few miles later from Church Road, a

> large grey raptor flying off my window at about 100 feet elevation. The

> wing beats were of a Gry Falcon. The tail was not accipiter long. The

> sighting was broadside. The shape of the wings were Gyr Falcon. On both

> sightings I pulled over a few minutes later hoping to catch the raptor in

> the sky. The second sighting was also about five seconds. I do have

> experiences with Gry Falcons in flight. Nelson Briefer- Anacortes.

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