Arabic Saqr

ProfessionalProfessional Registered Users Posts: 278 Major grins
edited April 9, 2009 in Wildlife
Kind of Pestrol or Falcon, we call it: Shaheen in Arabic.

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All those shots are HDR

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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited April 7, 2009
    What an absolutely beautiful bird. That last image is captivating. Very nicely done!! clap.gif
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  • ProfessionalProfessional Registered Users Posts: 278 Major grins
    edited April 7, 2009
    anonymouscuban wrote:
    What an absolutely beautiful bird. That last image is captivating. Very nicely done!! clap.gif

    Yes, the last image is my favorite.

    Thank you very much!
  • riddim_makerriddim_maker Registered Users Posts: 1,835 Major grins
    edited April 8, 2009
    Nice set thumb.gif
    Thanks for sharing these and also for having the feeding hand in the shot for perspective.
    Is this shaheen a juvenile or a fully grown adult?
    Russ
  • ProfessionalProfessional Registered Users Posts: 278 Major grins
    edited April 8, 2009
    riddim_maker wrote:
    Nice set thumb.gif
    Thanks for sharing these and also for having the feeding hand in the shot for perspective.
    Is this shaheen a juvenile or a fully grown adult?

    Thank you very much!

    I don't know, i just went with my friends to a a place look like a desert but with trees and say it is a large space of a land for doing hunting by falcons, so we called this bird Shaheen.
  • Chrissiebeez_NLChrissiebeez_NL Registered Users Posts: 1,295 Major grins
    edited April 8, 2009
    great shots!

    A few people in Morocco had similar birds of prey as pets. They were feeding them pieces of meat like here. Is it common to have these birds as pets (for in competitions?)?

    Thanks!
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  • ProfessionalProfessional Registered Users Posts: 278 Major grins
    edited April 9, 2009
    Chrissiebeez_NL wrote:
    great shots!

    A few people in Morocco had similar birds of prey as pets. They were feeding them pieces of meat like here. Is it common to have these birds as pets (for in competitions?)?

    Thanks!

    Not as pets in that meaning, but because many like to own this bird for hunting or because it is part of culture so they consider or acting with this bird as a pet, but this bird never can be a pet, it will kill you and any smaller animals or birds.
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