The Gyrfalcon
One of Scotland's rarest visitors, a white gyrfalcon,
flew in recently. However, it did not fly in under its own
wing power. The gyrfalcon travelled to Aberdeen airport.
by helicopter.
Two days ago the gyrfalcon, whose natural home is
in Greenland or Canadian Arctic, landed exhausted on
the oil rig "Ocean Rover", almost 140 miles off
Aberdeen. The crew thought it was an osprey, and fed it
five pounds of trout while it was waiting for its flight to
the mainland. It was not until it arrived in Aberdeen that
zoo manager George Leslie and head keeper John
Buchan identified it.
Underwater engineer Bob Baxter, 24, from Ellon,
Aberdeenshire, who helped to trap the gyrfalcon on the
rig, returned on the same flight. He said: "The bird was
exhausted when it landed on the rig, and we had no
trouble catching it. was herded into the television
room, then we turned a cardboard box on its side and the
bird just walked into it."
Mr Leslie said: "The bird is still exhausted, but we
will take it to the zoo and nurse it back to health, then
release it in Orkney or Shetland."
Gyrfalcon Kречет; оsprеу
скопа (хижий птах родини
скопових)
1. Gyrfalcons are typically found in Greenland and
Canadian Arctic.
2. The bird landed on the oil rig.
3. The crew fed the bird.
4. The crew had difficulty in catching the bird because it
was exhausted.
5. It will be kept at the zoo.
Пожалуйста срочноооо