Thursday, October 24, 2013

Falcons and Hawks of the Rocky Mountains

The rare and beautiful gyrfalcon (gerfaut) 20" or 50cm is very rare and the fastest hawk
with a wingspan of 48" or 120 cm...
flying at 60MPH or 100 kmh it preys on birds
and ducks
it can change direction quickly
is almost transparent in the air
the red tail hawk (buse a queue rousse) 18" or 45cm
ready to land on the rock
flying...
 away from us...
to disappear behind the autumn foliage
the Peregrine Falcon(faucon pelerin) is 20"or 50cm large
flies very fast
it has a wingspan of 40" or 100cm
is ready to land
on the perch
The Kestrel(Crecerelle) is the smallest hawk: 8.5"or 21 cm.
It has 2"whiskers"on each side of the face
flying to reach...
the perch
the rare caracara
and the merlin (faucon emerillon) with its prey
the feruginous hawk (Buse Rouilleuse) is bigger with 20" or 50 cm
it can swallow big prey with its large mouth
and the Goshawk (Autour) the only Hawk with red eyes

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