Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 16-1999
| Common name: |
Gyrfalcon |
| Scientific name: | Falco rusticolus |
| Date: | 12 Nov 1999 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Length of time observed: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | Juv. / Imms, so called brown morph; Plumage: light phase |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | West Corinne |
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| Distance to bird: | in hand |
| Weather: | warmer / milder than normal |
| Light Conditions: | |
| Detailed description of bird: |
bird unbanded -- is it a wild bird or a falconers bird? (see photos) apparently no reports of lost / escaped gyrfalcons received by SL. Successfully rehabilitated by JoAnn Stoddard (puncture wound in chest). Released to wild at point north of 2200 North and 3200 West in Salt Lake City. Band no. (USFWS) 877-07534. Release date: December 12, 1999. Released by Robert E. Walters, Jr. |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | |
| Behavior: | bird found on silage pit by aids at a dairy in Corinne. bird attempted to fly but unable to sustain flight -- put in box by aids bird appeared fine -- cared for by falconer for 3 days -- still unable to fly taken to rehaber - JoAnn Stoddard |
| Habitat: | Agricultural |
| Similar
species and how were they eliminated: |
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| Previous experience with this & similar species: | |
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| Description from: | |
| Observer: | Richard Schulze |
| Observer's address: | 42 N 100 W, Mantua, UT 84324 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | |
| Other
observers who independently identified this bird: |
Robert E. Walters, Jr. |
| Date prepared: | 12 Dec 1999 |
| Additional material: | 3 Photo |
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