I believe it's an artifact- we saw the same gyr and it was grey- See http://www.birdfellow.com/photos/thumbnails/938-wallowas_january2015?id=12951 Sent from my Smart? Phone. Please excuse the typos. Michael Krall > On Feb 18, 2015, at 5:46 AM, Richard W. Musser (Redacted sender > "mussermcevoy@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Stefan, > When you were looking at this gyr, did it appear brown, as it does in > your photos? This bird appears brownish to me----but it's an adult---and > adult grey gyrs, are, well, grey. I have seen many gyrfalcons, especially > greys, and I've seen only one other that looked like this one. Unless I'm > seeing some coloration that's not really there, this brownish adult is quite > unusual. Thanks for sharing. Best regards, Dick Musser (4 mi. NW of Vale) > > > On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 10:28 PM, Stefan Schlick > <greenfant@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Just uploaded a few pictures from our trip to my blog: > https://birdmeister.wordpress.com/. Enjoy! > > Stefan Schlick > Hillsboro, OR > >