SIR BANI YAS ISLAND, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) - Falcons, long used for hunting in the Middle East and a prized status symbol, are now being adapted for a more mundane problem: pest control. The ...
The peregrine falcons failed for the second consecutive day to catch the racing pigeons in the Hadd Al-Tahaddi Championship, held as part of the 17th edition of the Qatar International Falcons and ...
Dark 'eyeliner' feathers of peregrine falcons act as sun shields to improve the birds' hunting ability, a new scientific study suggests. Scientists have long speculated that falcons' eye markings ...
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The training regimen now involves drones, but doomed pigeons are still in the mix. Generations of Qataris have taken up the hobby. Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times Supported by Photographs by ...
More than a kilometer into the clouds above the Arabian desert, a falcon soars. Just a tiny speck on the ground below, the falconer whips his leather lure through the air. On command, the raptor dives ...
SIR BANI YAS ISLAND, United Arab Emirates, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Falcons, long used for hunting in the Middle East and a prized status symbol, are now being adapted for a more mundane problem: pest ...
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