Gyrfalcon

There's another buzz again here in Vancouver. The first one was the Brambling from Russia, and the second was the unexpected visit by a Red-flanked Bluetail from Asia. The Red-flanked Bluetail was a first here in Canada.

Then this Gyrfalcon who have been hunting pigeons the last few weeks.

#1 Spot where the Gyrfalcon is

Wow Awesome bif JO and great details on 2 and 3.

sure in hell beats where is waldo .. I like the whole set !!! Thanks for sharing ....

Good for you, Jo. He sure seems to be the contrarian in the first photo.
Al

Very cool shots. I like how you captured the bird woking against the grain, nothing improves impact like a well-planned collision.

Very neat shots, Jo. It's also interesting how the falcon looks to be about the same size as the pigeons.

Great shots Jo! I guess it has its choice. Love the BIFs.

A great brd and one I havent seen in several years now..Nicely photographed and the 100% crop holds uo very well.

Peter2516 wrote in post #15629978
Wow Awesome bif JO and great details on 2 and 3.

Thanks Peter

horse51 wrote in post #15631530
sure in hell beats where is waldo .. I like the whole set !!! Thanks for sharing ....

LoL, Thanks for the comments.

CDMOOSE wrote in post #15631577
Good for you, Jo. He sure seems to be the contrarian in the first photo.
Al

Thanks Al, I was hoping he catches one but these pigeons are very fast fliers

Nighthound wrote in post #15631725
Very cool shots. I like how you captured the bird woking against the grain, nothing improves impact like a well-planned collision.

Thanks Steve, I was kinda fearing that, instead of catching one it might knock him down

Wallace River wrote in post #15631863
Very neat shots, Jo. It's also interesting how the falcon looks to be about the same size as the pigeons.

Thanks Ian, it does look they are about the same size. But this falcon is certainly big, I watched it perch on a tree and a crow landed very close and bugging him and the crow was just half the size.

Grizz wrote in post #15632406
Great shots Jo! I guess it has its choice. Love the BIFs.

Thanks Craig, the sunny day helped a lot

Gary Fairhead wrote in post #15635706
A great brd and one I havent seen in several years now..Nicely photographed and the 100% crop holds uo very well.

Thanks for the kind words Gary

Congrats Jo, great flight shots all of them!

The heavy crops show how well you've taken these to start with Jo. A fine series and a great result

Thanks Bret and Mark.

Very cool shots!

Very Cool!

What a bird.