Gyrfalcon (Juvenile)

This is the same bird as my last post very soon after taking off from a "telephone/power" pole. It is pretty tattered due to skirmishes with a Peregrine Falcon. I observed this happening twice that afternoon when the Peregrine would give chase as soon as the Gyr took off.

Unfortunately, these pole perches have wires and one of the OOF wires cut across part of its tail and top wing trailing edges. So, I took to the dark side and cloned it out because I liked this pose best of the few I got of this bird in flight. Hence, I am posting this instead of one that did not require cloning. Please excuse me this one time - it seemed worth while 'saving'!

1D3, 500mm Handheld, 1/5000 @ f5.6, ISO800, afternoon light.

Thanks for looking; C & C please.