Title: Gyrfalcon Bird Carvings of Carved wood, Artist Tim McEachern
Shipping: $100.00
Artist: N/A
Period: Contemporary
History: Art
Origin: N/A
Condition: Excellent
Item Date: 3/18/2011
Item ID: 4300
A remarkable work of art. This bird is hand painted and carved by hand, by the artist Tim McEachern, it is a one of a kind carving. Gyrfalcon(white phase) Adult male 20 inch length. This Sculpture from Tupelo wood and acrylic is inspired by being the largest most powerful falcon in the world and during medieval times particularly the white phase gyrfalcon was sought after by only kings and queens as a sign of wealth and power and only they were allowed to have them. There rarity and beauty alone drove me to intense research and understanding of such a magnificent "Bird of Prey"
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrfalcon
This species is a very large falcon, being about the same size as the largest buteos. Males are 48 to 61 cm (19 to 24 in) long, weigh 805 to 1350 g (1.8 to 3 lbs) and have a wingspan from 110 to 130 cm (43 to 51 in). Females are bulkier and larger, at 51 to 65 cm (20 to 26 in) long, 124 to 160 cm (49 to 64 in) wingspan, and of 1180 to 2100 g (2.6 to 4.6 lbs) weight. The Gyrfalcon is larger than the Peregrine Falcon and differs from the buzzard in general structure, being unmistakably a falcon with pointed wings, but also being broader-winged, and longer-tailed than the Peregrine.
The Gyrfalcon is a very polymorphic species, so its plumage varies greatly. The archetypal morphs are called "white", "silver", "brown", and "black", though they can be coloured on a spectrum that begins with all-white birds and ends with very dark ones. The brown form of the Gyrfalcon is distinguished from the Peregrine by the cream streaking on the nape and crown and by the absence of a well-defined malar stripe and cap. The black morph has its underside strongly spotted black, rather than finely barred as in the Peregrine. White form Gyrfalcons are unmistakable, as they are the only predominantly white falcons. Silver birds resemble a light, grey Lanner Falcon of larger size. There is no difference in colouring between males and females; and juveniles gyrkins are darker and browner than the corresponding adults.
The black color seems to be sex-linked and to occur mostly in females; it proved difficult for breeders to get males darker than the dark side of slate grey. A color variety that arose in captive breeding is "black chick
