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Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

We saw this gyrfalcon on December 2, 2007, in exactly the same spot as the one below. Could it be the same bird?

Gyrfalcons are often found in South Dakota in winter, usually near the Missouri River. This is the first one we've seen in our part of the state. Near Orman Dam, Butte County.
February 11, 2007.

We found this juvenile a couple of miles west of Hayes, South Dakota.
December 28, 2005.

An adult gyrfalcon on the Fort Pierre National Grassland in central South Dakota.
December 28, 2005.

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