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Gyrfalcon in Harlingen Gyrfalcon in Harlingen
Posted by: aphriza

Video duration: 63 seconds

Falconer Jonathan Wood flies a female Gyrfalcon at the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival in Harlingen, Texas. Gyrfalcons are the largest falcons in the world and hunt prey as large as geese. This bird is four months old and still in training, diving on the lure Jonathan is swinging in the air.

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Gyrfalcon in Harlingen Gyrfalcon in Harlingen
Posted by: aphriza

Video duration: 63 seconds

Falconer Jonathan Wood flies a female Gyrfalcon at the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival in Harlingen, Texas. Gyrfalcons are the largest falcons in the world and hunt prey as large as geese. This bird is four months old and still in training, diving on the lure Jonathan is swinging in the air.

Related: birding, birds, blog, cornell, falco, falconry, gyrfalcon, harlingen, laboratory, of, ornithology, robin, round, rusticolus