Jeff, et al.

There is one accepted record of Gryfalcon in MD.

If you go to the MD/DCRC web pages here ...

         http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html

... then navigate to the "Birds of Maryland" section and take the 
link to the Maryland database. The database will load (it's a large 
PDF file - don't print it!) and then do a search or find for "gyr" 
... this will take you to the four database entries for Gyrfalcon, 
including the accepted Frederick County record from Feb - Mar 1994.

Back in the 1980's several birds used to show up regularly in winter 
around the Lancaster, PA area.

Hope this helps ...

Phil


At 11:17 12/04/2006, 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.

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