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Title: Tiny girl 3, tames falcons (Scotland) Post by: Donna on 25-Feb-10, 06:18:47 AM STANDING at just 3ft 4ins tiny Aibhlyn Fergusson is a prime candidate for "Britain's Got Talons" — as the country's youngest falconer.
The cute three-year-old is dwarfed by Whisper the Barn Owl and colossal European Eagle Owl 'Bobby', below, who is almost the same height as his miniscule handler and has a wingspan twice her height at more than six feet. Amazingly she started handling smaller birds with sharp meat-tearing beaks and powerful talons at just 18 months old. But for Aibhlyn the daring feat runs in the family — mum Ffyona, now 43, trained a White Tailed Sea Eagle, in 1969, also aged three. Aibhlyn's six-year-old brother Ruaridh handles huge birds of prey too and already has four years experience under his belt. But then their skills are no surprise when you learn they live with Ffyona and dad Grant at the Galloway Falconry bird of prey school in Galloway, Scotland. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2867350/Tiny-girl-three-tames-falcons.html (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2867350/Tiny-girl-three-tames-falcons.html) Pics here Title: Re: Tiny girl 3, tames falcons (Scotland) Post by: valhalla on 25-Feb-10, 07:40:11 AM Nice :clap:
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