Gyr Falcon 2 by danob

Photography • Creatures • posted on Mar 28, 2006

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Imagine a falcon which is considerably larger than a Peregrine, weighing almost twice as much. Now imagine that its plumage is a pure snowy white colour and that it lives in the Siberian Arctic, chasing down prey up to the size of a Barnacle Goose and you can see why the Gyr Falcon is so highly prized amongst both birdwatchers and falconers. Sadly, the Gyr Falcons which breed in Europe are almost exclusively of the less glamorous dark morph which is dull grey rather than pure white but still impressively beautiful and powerful. Apart from sheer bulk, they can be told from Peregrines by their lead-grey rather than blue-grey upperparts, less obvious black mask and pale panels in their primaries which make the wings look patchy. The Perigrine is still the fastest in a dive but the Gyr is the fastest bird in level flight, to correct a possible misconception in my previous shot of this bird of Prey elsewhere in my Gallery. This one was taken at a Bird of prey centre and was looking at a small fly you will need to look very closely in this smaller size to spot it Thanks for taking time to look and feel free to comment if you wish..

Comments (52)

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DJB

10:26PM | Tue, 28 March 2006

I wish we had something like that place here. Crystal clear with a good look on that background. Ah well back to ducks, till I find something more wild.

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SophiaDeer

11:04PM | Tue, 28 March 2006

How beautiful Dan! He looks like he is in deep thought.

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Punaguy

11:44PM | Tue, 28 March 2006

Magnificent bird and capture here Dan, man this has a nice color to it...thanks for the always informative information! Aloha!

newleaf

12:57AM | Wed, 29 March 2006

Such an outstandingly beautiful bird. Perfect capture

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zaberc

1:21AM | Wed, 29 March 2006

Beautiful colors and contrast ! Nice shot !

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MaydaMason

1:58AM | Wed, 29 March 2006

stunning portraits and colours! i'm jelous of this kind of shots! bravo!

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WandM

2:00AM | Wed, 29 March 2006

Very beautiful whole.

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sharky_

2:40AM | Wed, 29 March 2006

Very impressive. Aloha

pimbotin

3:25AM | Wed, 29 March 2006

Masterpiece!

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babuci

4:13AM | Wed, 29 March 2006

Wow...wonderful photo and very usefull intrudaction of these magnificant birds.

KiwiMiss

4:45AM | Wed, 29 March 2006

Beautiful bird and capture!

sinistar

4:49AM | Wed, 29 March 2006

Just amazing

Telgar

6:37AM | Wed, 29 March 2006

beautiful picture and lovely bird V

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Stringy

8:23AM | Wed, 29 March 2006

Marvellous photography Danny! Wildlife at its most beautiful :-)

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jcv2

10:18AM | Wed, 29 March 2006

Wow, very impreessive capture of this special bird of prey in these rather light colors! Love to see all those stunning details! Outstanding work, Danny! :)

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