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Copyright Chris
Birdviewing.com
Feb 27 2021
adult
It certainly has been long time coming - nearly 30 years since my last Gyrfalcon sighting - and not for lack of trying. It was somewhat surreal having a couple of minutes to take these photos after so many failed attempts to locate one. Seen in the Pitt Meadows valley in good looking Gyrfalcon habitat.
Feb 28 2021
Copyright Brian Morin
Birdviewing.com
Jan 16 2020
female
Wolfe Island- Kingston - This bird had been reported off and on by one person for a few weeks but spotting it is luck. I went there hoping but not expecting to see it and got incredibly lucky. I watched it briefly and before it took off it raised its wings and let the wind keep them up so I had about 5 seconds to get shots like this. That is a long time from a photographer's perspective. As for it being a female, I was going by size. This was a big bird.
Jan 23 2020
Copyright Brian Morin
Birdviewing.com
Feb 26 2018
immature
Kingston - Wolfe Island - We don't have a lot of Gyr photos so I thought I'd post another view.
Mar 4 2018
Copyright Brian Morin
Birdviewing.com
Feb 26 2018
immature
Kingston - Wolfe Island; I waited a long time for this species. It does not show clearly but the cere on the bill is yellowish, rather than pale blue seen on young birds. However, it isn't very extensive so others are thinking this bird is a sub-adult but not a young bird.
Feb 27 2018
Copyright lou_dav
Birdviewing.com
Dec 30 2016
juvenile
Brunswick Point, Delta BC
I would have loved to get a sharper image, but the bird was well concealed on an overcast day.
Jan 30 2017
Copyright lou_dav
Birdviewing.com
Feb 16 2014
Hunting pigeons in the air, no luck this time.
Over New Brighton Park in Vancouver BC.
Feb 17 2014
Copyright lou_dav
Birdviewing.com
Feb 16 2014
outside normal range
New Brighton Park, Vancouver BC.
After missing out on the pigeons, the falcon landed on top of a grain terminal building.
Feb 17 2014
Copyright lou_dav
Birdviewing.com
Jan 27 2013
Hastings Racetrack, Vancouver BC
Another rare bird alert and another lifer. At one point it was harassed and chased by a Peregrine, but returned to its perch.
Jan 28 2013
Copyright Chris
Birdviewing.com
hybrid, captive
Gyrfalcon X Peregrine Hybrid seen at Dorval beside the runway 24 left. This bird has a tracking device and is used by the falconer as a means of scaring away ducks and geese from the runways. The bird can soar up to and above the "ceiling" which is the base of the clouds, however with only a hand wave it will return. It was fed a bird upon return. There are also 2 hawks the falconer uses.
Jun 14 2009
Copyright Chris
Birdviewing.com
hybrid, captive
Gyrfalcon X Peregrine Hybrid seen at Dorval beside the runway 24 left. This bird has a tracking device and is used by the falconer as a means of scaring away ducks and geese from the runways. The bird can soar up to and above the "ceiling" which is the base of the clouds, however with only a hand wave it will return. It was fed a bird upon return. There are also 2 hawks the falconer uses.
Jun 14 2009