This Gyrfalcon Awed Thousands Of People When It Photobombed A Webcam In Northern Canada
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It’s called a gyrfalcon, which is honest to goodness a real thing.
A "gyrfalcon" sounds like a made-up magical creature from the Harry Potter universe. But in addition to being real, one has been amusing fans of a webcam set up to capture the northern lights in Churchill, Manitoba.
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Gyrfalcon is the largest falcon species, though seeing one with all-white plumage like this one is rather rare. And this one looked particularly pretty and plump, all fluffed up for the cold weather.
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The webcam this one has been hanging around is run by the Churchill Northern Studies Centre. It streams via Explore.org, which posted a video of the bird on its Facebook page.
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