Thanks Glenn, that was really helpful! I hope that I will get lucky! Molly On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Glenn Olsen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Molly, > > I was in Duluth leading a tour and made 4 trips to try and find the > Gyrfalcon. Most people were seeing it on the catwalk structure of the > "Peavy" grain elevator. I never saw it there. I went around noon, mid > afternoon, and evening. > Finally saw the bird around 7:00 am but not on the Peavy elevators. > As you drive over to Superior on 535, just after you cross the water, look > to your Right and you will see a large building with an American flag on > the top. It is the tallest building. I do not know the name of the > building, but it is the tallest and has the flag on it. > The bird was first seen from over on the Peavy side. It was on the east > wall of the building. I could tell it was a falcon but not sure if a > Gyrfalcon or a Peregrine. It was perched on a small extension from the > building with a red light on the end. However, he flew around to the side > (south) and disappeared. > We drove over to look for it. As we were standing and scanning facing the > southwest corner of the building we say it fly out from the building. It > made a couple of passes and flew back toward the building. It perched on > some yellow railings about 1/4 of the way down from the top of the > building. These railings were nearly flush with the sides of the building. > The light extension that he was originally on was not visible from the > south side of the building. > You will need to scan carefully. If we had not seen him flying we may have > missed seeing him, he was that well concealed. He made a couple more flight > excursions, returning to the same perch that had a little sunlight shinning > on it. It appeared the birds was catching some rays. > Good Luck > > Glenn Olsen > Houston, TX > > > > > > > > > On Mar 9, 2015, at 8:15 PM, Molly Tuma <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Hi all! I am heading up north this coming weekend, and I heard that there > > was a Gyrfalcon in Superior, WI. Does anyone have more info on it? > Thanks! > > > > -- > > Molly Tuma > > (Minneapolis, MN) > > > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > -- Molly Tuma [log in to unmask] 612-481-9998