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gyrfalcon the most popular bird for hunting by falconry. A large white to gray bird, very discriminating hunter and kills only while in flight. Called also Falco rusticolus. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A falcon like Luke, a foot-tall, cream-color peregrine and gyrfalcon mix, will soar thousands of feet in the air to eye its prey. The answer certainly surprised researchers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, who tracked the diving speeds of a tame gyrfalcon (JER-falkon), an Arctic falcon named Kumpan. New techniques of measurement are revealing how a gyrfalcon sky dives without ending up as a splat of feathers. |
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