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Title
Catching The Prize
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A good friend of mine is a falconer, and acquired this young beautiful dark morph chocolate gyrfalcon only three weeks before this photo was taken. It took most of those three weeks for the bird to get well enough used to him so that he could finally start to fly her in a field a few miles from his house. In this image taken of one of her very first flights, she flew about 25 feet to grab some food from the "lure", a type of leather glove specifically used by falconers to train their falcons. She had no trouble grabbing the prize in flight!
Although the classic image of a Gyrfalcon is a regal white bird with black spotting, the birds occur in shades of white, gray, and dark brown. In North America, gray birds are more numerous than the other two morphs. Adults are heavily barred on the back, wings, and tail, with spotted underparts. Juveniles are heavily streaked; the flight feathers of dark juveniles are lighter and contrast with the rest of the wing.
The largest falcon in the world, the ghostly Gyrfalcon is a fierce predator in the High Arctic, where it chases down ptarmigans in flight or plummets from the sky at breathtaking speeds to strike prey to the ground. Nesting on remote cliffs in the far reaches of Canada and Alaska, Gyrfalcons in North America are safe from most human disturbance but face challenges from a warming climate. They are rare winter visitors to open habitats in the northern United States.
Photo taken on July 22, 2021, near Longmont, Colorado.
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Tied for 3rd Place in FAA's Bird Photography contest on 8/25/2021
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Descriptive keywords and tags for this image include falcons, gyrfalcons, flying, landing, catching, hunting, young, dark morph, black, chocolate, brown, female, falconer, falco rusticolus, falco, falconidae, raptors, birds of prey, predators, bird of prey, captive, lure, training, practice, captive gyrfalcon, colorado, birds, dressler, and judi dressler.
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Merritt Island, Fl - United States
Absolutely fabulous capture, Judi! Everything about this image is wonderful. f
Naples, FL - United States
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion
Western, IL - United States
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion. There are many other discussions in the group where you can promote your art even further more.
Niceville, Fl - United States
Congratulations on your tie for 3d place in the Bird Photography contest!
Conneaut Lake, PA - United States
Great catch, Judi, congratulations on your top finish in the BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST!
Niceville, Fl - United States
Outstanding work! Voted your entry in the Bird Photography contest. l/f
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Spectacular composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L Congratulations on your features!
Sherman, IL - United States
Amazing clarity and wonderful expression captured in this wonderful stop action shot Judi. So enjoyed reading your artists notes......can't take my eyes off this image!!!! L/F
Guntown, Ms - United States
Congratulations your photograph has been featured in the FAA Group ‘The Outdoor Photographer' You are invited to post your featured images in the Group's 'Thanks for the Feature / photo archive.
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