[Woodcarver] Photos of Gyrfalcon Chick (CHAT)

[Merrilee Johnson]

Hi Lori!
   Thanks for sending me the sites!  I went through each one and even into 
the pictures.  They certainly very beautiful.  I learned so much reading in 
each site!  It almost makes we wish I were a bird carver :-)!  (And BTW - 
that certainly is a lot of money to spend on a bird - who would have thought 
?!)  Thanks again!
Merrilee

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>Hi Merilee...here are a couple links to some gyr photos. The black

>morph is considered pretty rare. Gyrfalcons range in color from nearly

>pure white (the most common form) all the way to black (which is

>actually a very dark charcoal gray). The Arabs prize the gyrs, and the

>white gyrs especially, and will pay handsomely for them. The black gyr

>that I was imprinting came from a breeder that specialized in gyr and

>gyr crosses and sold to many Arab falconers. Gracie was worth around

>$25,000.00 (Yes, that's thousand). She was a gift to my friend from the

>breeder because he lent the breeder his black gyr, Spike, as part of

>their breeding program.

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>Black:

>http://www.landfood.ubc.ca/animalwelfare/2002_classpres/sara/brief_history_of_falconry.html

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>White: http://www.gyrfalcons.co.uk/gyrfalcons.htm

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>Gray (also called Silver): http://pie.midco.net/dougback/gyrfalcons.htm



>LORI CORBETT

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