February 14, 2005
Gyr Falcon photos
Got a sickening text from JL on Saturday morning - away fishing west of Ramna Stacks, he was on watch when a falcon flew past the window - just how exciting must it be to find your first white phase Gyr flying past a few feet away from you?! I was really pleased for him (easy to be magnanimous when it's not a lifer, but all the same I'm jealous as hell really!), and went round yesterday to see the photos. There were some absolute stunners, but this one, carrying a Little Auk it caught is surely a classic...
JL got nice prolonged views of it for an hour on board his boat, and for a couple more hours it perched up on their sister boat. I make no excuses for just devoting the rest of this entry to the photos - mouthwatering stuff. There may be some more to follow...
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Fantastic!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: steve at February 14, 2005 04:16 PMOh... my... God!
Posted by: rjhall at February 14, 2005 10:35 PMCan we please have some pics (including little auk) for publication in Dutch Birding Magazine? Thanks a lot!
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Lovely. Having never seen a Gyr Falcon, I'm very jealous.
Posted by: Dawn at February 16, 2005 09:33 PMAwesome!!!
Posted by: Stewart at March 1, 2005 09:20 AMFantastically detailed views, full of envy.
Posted by: Geoff at April 7, 2005 09:40 PM