At 11:57 AM 12/4/2006, Jeff Shenot wrote:
>. . .
>The most obvious large "white" falcon is the gyrfalcon, which I've never seen
>anywhere, and would be exceptionally rare in southern MD.  I've never heard
>of anyone seeing one anywhere in MD. . . .

Didn't a falconer in the area lose a Gyrfalcon a couple of weeks ago?


--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato