[mou] Dakota Co. Gyrfalcon

[MarkBeckyLystig]

Persisitence does pay off, some of the time, anyway. On my 9th or 10th 
try for the Gyr, I finally found it this afternoon at 4:30 PM. It was 
sitting on a telephone/power pole on 200th just east of Fischer. It flew 
momentarily to another pole and then took off south across a field. I 
followed it by continuing east on 200th, turning right on Goodwin and 
taking the next right, which was Co. 47 (Northfield Blvd). I saw it 
again perched in a tree near the side of the road, where I watched it 
briefly, then a Red-tailed Hawk flew in and the Gyr flew low across the 
field, away from me, and I lost sight of it. There were scores of ducks 
in the little bit of water there as well as in the field. (Thanks to 
Denny and Barb Martin for their post on Mar 12 regarding their sighting 
of it at Fischer and 200th.)

Becky Lystig