[Ontbirds]Gyrfalcon ?? | Horned Larks | Ottawa - Trail Road

[Dan McIntosh]

On Friday (14-March-2008) I viewed and photographed a possible Dark Morph
Gyrfalcon.  I did not see it in flight - two people were viewing the bird
and did see it fly and land. The white patches (and facial disk?) made me
think it could be a Northern Hawk Owl.

 

Here is an image from ~ 1Km distance:

 

            http://www.pbase.com/mcindan/image/94224691

 

 

This extreme crop (from this image) explains the poor detail:

 

            http://www.pbase.com/mcindan/image/94227036

 

 

I also viewed 25-30 Horned Larks on Twin Elm Road about half way between
Barnsdale and Cambrian. Here are some images:

 

            http://www.pbase.com/image/94227481

            http://www.pbase.com/image/94227478

 

 

 

 ..Dan