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gyrfalcon

Type of falcon.



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In aviaries in the garden there was a barn owl, a tawny owl and Peregrine and Gyr falcons and crosses and two more Harris hawks.
AT the second International Festival of Falconry held at Englefield Estate in Reading, UK, HRH Prince Andrew, the Duke of York was presented with a white female gyr falcon on behalf of Abu Dhabi by HH Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, chairman of Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority.
Ornitholo-gists carbondated guano and debris from gyr falcon nests and found one up to 2,740 years old.
 
 
 
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