Labels:animal | bird | earth | grass | gyrfalcon | person | plant | road | rock | sculpture | sky | trade name | tree | water OCR: Gvrfalcon Falco rusticolus This consummate falcon of the Arctic region is bird that strred the imagination ot Kublai iKhan pue was written anoqe by Marco Polo. It is alarge pue powerful falcon with plumage that varies from nearly pure white through very sepia pue tones o streaked gray ir between The Gurfalcon lacks the large mustache JO the Peregrine Falcon and the two-I tone underwing of the gray-phase birds distinguish them from other Iarge falcons The flight is fast pue powerful Nesting is on cliffs in the northern latitudes with 1 most birds spending the entire year close to the breeding grounds Post- breeding dispersal brings some birds a far south as the northern US every year. The Gyrfalcon i the of North American falcons Averages: Females length 22 in. wingspan 47-53 in 4.4 Males l ...
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