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Gyrfalcon 1996 Oct-Dec Berks 1 white phase on 10/28 at the Rte 183 Hawk Watch (Bob & Anne MacClay, Harold Silagy)
Gyrfalcon 1997 Jan-Mar Erie 1 on 2/8 at Presque Isle SP (Mike Fialkovich, Joyce Hoffman); 1 on 2/21 at Erie (Greg Cook) (No details)
Gyrfalcon 1998 Oct-Dec Berks 1 on 10/30 at Yellow House (David Hughes)(No details)
Gyrfalcon 1999 Jan-Mar Huntingdon 1 on 12/7 at Stone Mt. (Don Bryant)
Gyrfalcon 1999 Jan-Mar Mifflin 1 on 12/7 at Stone Mt. (Don Bryant)
Gyrfalcon 1999 Jan-Mar Mifflin 1 on 12/7 at Stone Mt. (Don Bryant)
Gyrfalcon 2000 Oct-Dec Luzerne 1 on 11/4 at Council Cup (Frank Bonanno) was a 1st county record
Gyrfalcon 2001 Jan-Mar Erie 1 present 1/27-3/31 at Presque isle State Park (v. obs.)
Gyrfalcon 2001 Apr-Jun Erie a white morph present 4/1
Gyrfalcon 2003-2004 Dec-Feb Dauphin a white phase bird 2/14 seen soaring over East Hanover Twp. (Nancy Cladel)
Gyrfalcon 2004 Aug-Nov Lebanon A white phase bird 10/31 at 2nd Mt Hawkwatch (Jay George, Dave Schwenk) no desc
Gyrfalcon 2004 Aug-Nov Lehigh A white phase passed by Bake Oven Knob 10/28 (Bake Oven Knob staff) no desc
Gyrfalcon 2007 Mar-May Bradford a white phase bird at Woods Rd. 4/22 (Charlene Miller George Miller).
Gyrfalcon 2008 Aug-Nov Northampton one female gray morph caught and banded at the north station at Little Gap 11/26 (Gordon Yoder, no doc).
Gyrfalcon 2010-2011 Dec-Feb Perry gray morph at Wagoner's Gap hawk watch 12/6 (Dave Grove, et al., no doc).
Gyrfalcon 2011-2012 Dec-Feb Berks a bird described and sketched during the Hamburg CBC 12/30 was identified as a probable Gyrfalcon (David Hughes) with additional possible sightings of the bird in flight for several days thereafter.
Gyrfalcon 2012-2013 Dec-Feb Lebanon one at Second Mtn. Hawk Watch 12/11 (Dave Schwenk, no doc).
Gyrfalcon 2014 Mar-May Northampton a gray morph seen in flight in East Allen Township at Hanoverville Road and again over Arrowhead Road 3/26 (Brad Silfies, no doc).
Gyrfalcon 2015-2016 Dec-Feb Clarion likely an imm. male, found and photographed near Tylersburg in the northern part of the county 2/20 (Philip Smith, doc. submitted).
Gyrfalcon 2017-2018 Dec-Feb Northampton one possible at Northampton Quarry 12/29 (Steve Boyce), then confirmed during Feb in E. Allen Twp. (Bill Etter).
Gyrfalcon 2018 Aug-Nov Northampton one returned to East Allen Twp. for second year beginning 11/17 (ph., Brad Silfies, no doc submitted).
Gyrfalcon 2018 Mar-May Northampton one continued in East Allen Twp. from Feb to 3/17 (Bill Etter, doc submitted).
Gyrfalcon 2018-2019 Dec-Feb Northampton a dark morph wintered for second consecutive winter.
Gyrfalcon 2019 Mar-May Northampton bird that overwintered was last seen 3/8 at Bath (Jason Horn, no doc).
Gyrfalcon 2019-2020 Dec-Feb Northampton one at several locations 1/7 through period (Bill Etter, m.ob.) for third winter.