Gyrfalcon Gather (Two Part Questions)

PingTheAwesome

Context:
I am someone who spends literally hours gathering. I am a grand master crafter, have all of the crafting maxed out, etc. All of the passives (CP or otherwise are there). When I previewed this item, there was an arrow at the bottom meant to display the difference between "Gatherer" and "Master Gatherer". I purchased the item, thinking that it would be worth it given the extensive gathering I am often out doing.
Questions:
1. I am not seeing the visual difference between the two. In both, the bird is called, swoops down, picks up the item, and swoops off. I am not seeing a difference. Is there one?
2. How do I know how trained up the falcon is? There's not a bar that I can look at (from what I am currently aware of) to know where I stand on gathering. I spent the better part of the day doing this yesterday, so the training should be substantial or at least, definitely there. How do I know how trained up the falcon is or isn't?

Kaethgar

It's just an alternate animation for picking plants, no falcon to train/level.

Necrotech_Master

for your first point, i think your character does a VERY slightly different animation between the "normal" and "master" versions

i had to preview the animation for both several times before i even noticed the difference