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**Ele Willoughby, PhD** @minouette@spore.social · Mar 29

Ele Willoughby, PhD @minouette@spore.social

Next in my Canada series: the Northwest Territories with its territorial symbols the gyrfalcon and mountain avens flowers on my hand-carved linocut map of NWT. The block was inked 'à la poupée' (with different colours, gray-brown, green and yellow, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

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As described, the symbols of the Northwest Territories, its territorial symbols the gyrfalcon and mountain avens flowers cover the hand-carved linocut map of NWT. The block was inked 'à la poupée' (with different colours, gray-brown, green and yellow, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper. Each print is 23.5 cm by 31.8 cm (9.25" by 12.5").

#linocut #printmaking #NWT

**natureconnexion_ca** @natureconnexion_ca@beta.argyle.social · Mar 26

Mar 26

natureconnexion_ca @natureconnexion_ca@beta.argyle.social

#FalconOfTheDay
This #VeryRare #Gyrfalcon was in #NovaScotia, Canada.
#Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdNerd
#WildLife #WildLifePhotography #Falcon #Canon
#NatureConneXion #NatureLovers #

**Art History Animalia** @art_history_animalia@historians.social · Jun 13, 2024 *

Jun 13, 2024 *

Art History Animalia @art_history_animalia@historians.social

Portrait of a #gyrfalcon, viewed from three sides
Lombard Master, c.1540-1560
oil on canvas, unlined
via Sotheby's: https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/the-courts-of-europe-n09107/lot.108.html
#BirdsInArt

oil painting of a gyrfalcon (large white falcon with black tips on wing and tail feathers), composite portrait showing 3 views of the same bird (back, front, side) in a row perched in trees with blue sky in background

"The sport of falconry, practiced since ancient times, was a pursuit particularly enjoyed at Medieval and Renaissance courts. The gyrfalcon, shown here, is the largest of the falcon species; the size of the bird, almost certainly painted from life and to scale, suggests it is a female, and the grandeur of the portrait, presenting it from three viewpoints, raised above the clouds, indicates it was both a cherished pet and valued hunting companion. While incredibly rare, such portraits were not unprecedented. In a letter in the Gonzaga ducal archives, addressed to one Scaramella, the sender requests that a white gyrfalcon be sent to Mantua to be seen by Costa (likey Lorenzo Costa, the court painter) for a commissioned portrait...."

**Simon Hiscocks** @simonhiscocks@toot.wales · Jul 4, 2023

Jul 4, 2023

Simon Hiscocks @simonhiscocks@toot.wales

Some top #raptor action on display at the British Birds of Prey Centre at the National Botanical Gardens of Wales today
#GyrFalcon
#LittleOwl
#Kite
#WhiteTailedSeaEagle
#Carmarthenshire

A predominantly white but with black speckles, Gyr falcon sitting on a post with a blurry woodland background

A Little owl sitting on the just visible gloved hand of the falconer. The owl is looking to the left and is barely bigger than the gloved hand it’s sitting on.

A red kite, wings wide, swooping down from right to left with a wooded background and grey skies behind. It’s bright yellow talons clearly visible against its orangey brown body feathers

A white tailed sea eagle launches itself off a post toward the falconer. It’s wings upright and yellow talons trailing below, it’s eyes fixed on the falconer. This bird is a 36 years old female called Atlantis

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