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Title: Kazakh hunting with eagles Post by: dale on 24-Dec-09, 02:42:55 AM http://drugoi.livejournal.com/3112307.html?page=1#comments
***once you get to the page, scroll all the way to the top; there will be good photos. Best wishes of the season to everyone! dale Title: Re: Kazakh hunting with eagles Post by: MAK on 24-Dec-09, 07:43:56 AM :wave: Awesome pictures! :thanks2:
Title: Re: Kazakh hunting with eagles Post by: imkakkingmad1 on 24-Dec-09, 08:30:52 PM Wow, Dale - what a fascinating world you took us to there. Wish I could read what I think is Russian?
Happy holidays to you too! Helen P. Title: Re: Kazakh hunting with eagles Post by: Bird Crazy on 24-Dec-09, 09:09:07 PM well the translation wasn't perfect but gives some idea
As golden eagles hunt 05.12.2009, Kazakhstan | Press photographer Reuters has had time to remove the moment when one of the golden eagles who are taken part republican competitions ловчих of birds and their owners-беркутчи "Сонар-2009", instead of pursuing a hare, has risen upwards and has attacked group of the press photographers costing in a floor. One of them managed to evade, second golden eagle has seized claws a back. The press photographer has got off an easy fright and the damaged jacket. Such incidents - not a rarity during hunting ловчих birds. In Kazakhstan have managed to keep traditions of the ancestors owned art of hunting with ловчей by a bird. Competitions беркутчи (with ловчими birds) spend hunters right at the beginning of winter as soon as in steppe the first snow drops out. In it to year hunting has passed in gorge Chengelsu (area Talgarsky of Almaty area). In total 48 owners of birds have taken part in competitions from 5 areas of Kazakhstan, with 39 golden eagles and 9 falcons. Title: Re: Kazakh hunting with eagles Post by: imkakkingmad1 on 25-Dec-09, 01:08:44 PM Thanks for the translation, Bird Crazy, especially the part about the photographer with the eagle in his back. Ouch! :o
(By the way, love your name!) Helen P. Title: Re: Kazakh hunting with eagles Post by: Bird Crazy on 25-Dec-09, 10:33:00 PM Thanks for the translation, Bird Crazy, especially the part about the photographer with the eagle in his back. Ouch! :o (By the way, love your name!) Helen P. You are welcome and Thank you :wave: |