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Malachai Constant Member


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We had a birthday party for some relatives and a cute couple of uninvited visitors came by. Last two nights some less welcome visitors came by.
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Experience is what'cha get, when you get what'cha don't want
Downhill, Char May, Lightning_bug
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Experience is what'cha get, when you get what'cha don't want
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Love is in the air
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Anne Elk, Nancyann
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Motherhood is tough. Triplets
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Elk Stampede
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Rare bird of prey? Does anybody recognize the species? Gyrfalcon?
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I don’t need a trail cam. Seeing lots of bears in person this year!
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Mike Collins Member


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For your bathing bird clip I am only seeing three distinct bands on the tail feathers. Hard to discern any mustache presence. A gyrfalcon with have many more thinner bands on the tail feathers. Gotta go with a Cooper’s Hawk for this sighting. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gyrfalcon/id
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Mike Collins wrote: | For your bathing bird clip I am only seeing three distinct bands on the tail feathers. Hard to discern any mustache presence. A gyrfalcon with have many more thinner bands on the tail feathers. Gotta go with a Coopers Hawk for this sighting. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gyrfalcon/id |
Thanks! Coopers Hawk & Goshawk are my other guess's
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Mike Collins Member


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You will see gyrfalcons in wide open spaces like tundra and alpine areas. They are after ptarmigan and small mammals. The Cooper’s hawk is much lighter than a gyrfalcon (1.2 lbs vs 3.2 lbs). The Cooper’s hawk can hunt for birds in the forested areas. While pursuing a bird it can drop its long tail like a drag-racer drops a parachute to slow down. The smaller bird is more agile and the heavier weight for a hunter means momentum wants it to keep going forward. A gyrfalcon is just too heavy to pursue birds in a forested setting. It can’t slow down fast enough. A goshawk is a good second guess. Can’t appreciate a white stripe over the eye and the video shows a bird with a long tail like a Cooper’s hawk.
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Mike Collins wrote: | You will see gyrfalcons in wide open spaces like tundra and alpine areas. They are after ptarmigan and small mammals. The Cooper’s hawk is much lighter than a gyrfalcon (1.2 lbs vs 3.2 lbs). The Cooper’s hawk can hunt for birds in the forested areas. While pursuing a bird it can drop its long tail like a drag-racer drops a parachute to slow down. The smaller bird is more agile and the heavier weight for a hunter means momentum wants it to keep going forward. A gyrfalcon is just too heavy to pursue birds in a forested setting. It can’t slow down fast enough. A goshawk is a good second guess. Can’t appreciate a white stripe over the eye and the video shows a bird with a long tail like a Cooper’s hawk. |
Excellent! Really appreciate the response! I get all jazzed up about stuff like this
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