[MASSBIRD] Gyrfalcon Photographs by Tom Graham of Seabrook NH

[Paul Roberts]

On Monday January 26 2015 the immature dark morph Gyrfalcon that had been spotted from Madbury, NH to Wells, Maine over the past several weeks was well seen for the second consecutive day in Seabrook, NH. I called Tom Graham, who resides in Seabrook, when several friends contacted me real time to let me know the bird was being well seen. (Damn, damn, damn.) Tom got over there quickly. He called me to tell me when he had found the bird. “Great views,” he said. While he was on the phone with me, the bird flew towards Tom and landed near him. The last thing I heard him say before he dropped the call was that the bird had come so close he could almost reach out and touch her. Then I got the photos. He had not been exaggerating. Tom told me the photos have not been cropped!

Tom doesn’t post his hawk and other bird photos online, but I urged him to post these. He gave me permission to post his Gyrfalcon photos on my Flickr site. All the Gyrfalcon photos on my Flickr site were taken by Tom Graham, and he reserves all rights to them. All the other photos on the site were taken by me.

Thanks, Tom, for allowing me to share your photos with everyone.

To see the photos, go to https://www.flickr.com/photos/30136859@N06

Best,

Paul


Paul M. Roberts
Medford, MA
phaw...@comcast.net
 

[Eric Smith]

Paul...

I think I would have dropped my phone if that beautiful bird had landed next to me.

WOW.

If you haven't followed that link & you're a fan of raptors.. I highly recommend it.

Eric

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