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Published: 2008-06-26 21:27:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 597; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 25
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This is Oberon, a white jerkin (male gyrfalcon) that we bred this year (yes it's the little cartoon guy I was looking for a name for!). Unfortunately all the names that I suggested (including the ones from you guys) were poo pooed by my boss, although I made a list and he wants it for future reference. It's annoying though that he chose the name Oberon - the name is growing on me but nobody calls him that. He is known either as Aubergine (the grumpy vegetable) or Obi Wan.He is beautiful and he'll get whiter when he's older. I personally prefer them when they're not just boring white, but nobody else agrees. Right now he's the most aggressive imprint - he flies at your face and foots and bites hard. He's just being a typical gyr, but it hurts!
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Ooh, he's so pretty! I love his name. It's cool for a bird to be named after the King of Faeries. Good luck with his temper. Lucky you for being able to work with them.
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amazing! i want one! not really though. i prefer them to stay wild.
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he is absolutely gorgeous. young birds are really fiesty, so i don't envy you there, but i do envy that you work with birds of prey. and i agree with you on his color. it's boring with just white, though it can be pretty with how snowy they look...
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Thanks! Yeah, he's a fiery one, but that just means his offspring will be fiery too and they will therefore be good hunting hawks. At least, I hope so...
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i hope so too. that would be great. they're such beautiful birds.....
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I absolutely adore Gyrs. I like them all white, but I also love when they are salt and pepper like this. Can we get more photos, and full body photos of him?
LOVE the little fuzzy head!
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I will try and remember to dedicate the next one to you then. I should have made them name him Nighthawk!
He won't stay salt and pepper. He'll be more or less pure white with black wingtips when he's an adult. I'll try and get some full body photos, but like I say he's not an easy customer!
Lol yeah he's still fuzzy wuzzy - and he's only just fledged despite being the oldest imprint. All the peregrines, even the youngest, fledged before him! He's such a wuss...
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ahhh, to each their own time. gyrs are bigger, maybe he just needed a bit longer.
Sounds like he is going to be beautiful either way. I'd love to see more photos of him.
if you ever want to dedicate one to me- if it's a girl, you can call it Tienna. it was another variation on the original Nighthawk name. Nighthawk became The Only Nighthawk became TNHawke which became Tienna Hawkins. Lol. Very long story behind all that.
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