gyrfalcon

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• The true falcons range in size from the tiny falconets and pygmy falcons to the Gyrfalcon. The falconets feed mainly on insects.
• Ranging from creamy pink to pale yellow, peregrine falcon and gyrfalcon eggs are slightly smaller than chicken's eggs, but many times more valuable.
• Large birds including ptarmigan and waterfowl are the most common prey item of the Gyrfalcon.
• The Gyrfalcon is the largest falcon in the world.
• I've seen more gyrfalcons around Myvatn than anywhere else in Iceland and rarely fail to find harlequin ducks under the bridge over the River Laxá.
• They've both become superb birders, too, able to distinguish in a wing beat, for example, a gyrfalcon from a peregrine falcon during a brief aerial tussle.
• Gyrfalcons did not pluck most arctic hare leverets.
• Its cliffs and valleys are habitat for peregrine falcons and endangered gyrfalcon, while its tidal flats and river mouths attract huge numbers of migrating birds and waterfowl.
• Adam and his team of falconers use predatory birds like gyrfalcons, eagles, and peregrine falcons to clear the air.
• Representative species include snow, Brant and Canada goose; yellow-billed, Arctic, and red-throated loons; whistling swans; oldsquaw ducks; gyrfalcons; willow and rock ptarmigan; red-necked phalarope; parasitic jaeger; snowy owls; hoary redpoll and snow bunting. Tundra ecoregion (CEC)