ML23766161

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Media notes

Capture from video to show the dark armpits.

Observation details

photos and video. We stopped at about 4 miles south of the bridge and immediately saw a candidate large falcon in a lone black oak tree to the north. Upon putting our scopes on the bird, we could see that it was a gyrfalcon/prairie falcon type bird--gray-brown with a fairly light face. As it turned its head we could see that it had a dark whisker mark, pale cheek, another dark mark farther back on its head, and a contrasting pale eyebrow. We could also see that the wingtips fell short of the tip of the tail, but not as far as would be the case for a gyrfalcon. Based on looking at ours and Liz Gayner's photos, the bird was in the same tree as during her observation. I presume it is the same bird that she saw. After several minutes, the falcon flew to the east about a quarter mile to the top of another tree on our side of the ridge. Several minutes later it flew down over the ridge to the north. We stayed around for another half hour or so, but did not see it reappear. We also came back briefly in the afternoon, but did not see it.

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320 pixels x 240 pixels

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