steve_b_wales Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 While out in Tunisia recently, there was a guy in the marina who had two of these birds, and was trying to get tourists to pose with them (for a fee) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Hobby or variant perhaps juvenile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) That, I would say, is either: Lanner Falcon. Barbary Falcon Saker falcon Looks to small to be a saker, but it could be a juvie Edited September 30, 2014 by chrisjpainter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Am thinking lanner too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moor man Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 +1 lanner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codeye Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Saker or possibly a gyr falcon a juvenile or badly nourished by the looks of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'm not sure gyrs get this far south; they're more a bird of the higher northern hemisphere. They can be used as hunters, obviously, but the likelihood is this will be a local bird caught and trained as opposed to an expensive import. Other possibility is a hybrid. lanners will breed with anything that comes along, especially Peregrines, so they can produce some pretty odd looking things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGD Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Glaswegian Budgie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Been on the Irn Brew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) Are not gyrs bigger!? Edited October 1, 2014 by Underdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Are not gyrs bigger!? Yes and they are white in colour they can take prey upto small geese that falcon is a small dird and i guess imprinted if tourists can have a picture with it as for being under weight its hard to tell you cant see the breast bone thats the only way to tell. In the modern day falconers use weighing scales to judge the weight of the Hawk or Falcon in old days you felt there breast bone to see what flying weight the bird was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I bet the tourists can feel them talons too, like I did when I caught a lost lanner many years ago lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I bet the tourists can feel them talons too, like I did when I caught a lost lanner many years ago lol. Oh yes they go straight through i used to AI my Goss hawk she would give off all the right calls and flirt with me and then when you went in to AI her she would come off the perch and nail you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogy5412 Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 I BET YOU PAID £1 A PICTURE GREAT PICTURE WITH IT ON ME LAST YEAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 I BET YOU PAID £1 A PICTURE GREAT PICTURE WITH IT ON ME LAST YEAR Actually, no. I refused to pay the owner. However, another couple were having photo's taken with the bird, so I just used my zoom lens from a distance of 20 yards approx. There were beach guys trying to get tourists to hold a baby tortoise or chameleon type lizard. One such person discarded his lizard to die on the beach. A few lads from Scotland 'had a word' with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuy Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Its a lanner seen it myself last year down at the marina in Tunisia! The bird is very poor condition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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