Look at the bird.
It is big.
It is up north.
It can eat a bird.
Its nest is on a cliff.
It did not make the nest.
Its feather can be white.
Words to know
- cliff: a rock wall
Facts
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Sources
- https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/gyrfalcon
- https://dnr.state.mn.us/birds/gyrfalcon.html
- https://peregrinefund.org/explore-raptors-species/falcons/gyrfalcon
- https://chintiminiwildlife.org/raptor-ambassadors/gyrfalcon/gyrfalcon-info/
- https://cascadesraptorcenter.org/birds/gyrfalcon/
- https://adfg.alaska.gov/static/education/wns/falcons.pdf
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrfalcon
- https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Falco_rusticolus/
- https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/1016279
- https://www.nps.gov/articles/arcticpefa.htm
- https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/gyrfalcon
- https://peregrinefund.org/projects/gyrfalcon
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/gyrfalcons-face-new-threat-arctic-climate-change
- https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/home/library/pdfs/wildlife/research_pdfs/raptorreports_raptor_population_trends_interim_2008.pdf
- https://science.peregrinefund.org/legacy-sites/conference-gyr/proceedings/117-McCaffery.pdf
- https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/home/library/pdfs/wildlife/federal_aid/t_21_1_13_0_cliff_nesting_raptors_interim_perf_rpt_fy13.pdf
- https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/16724/
- https://science.peregrinefund.org/legacy-sites/conference-gyr/proceedings/216-Nygard.pdf
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