One of the most amazing and breathtaking things to see in nature is a peregrine falcon hunting. At first, it's just a tiny, distant shape high in the vast sky, but then it transforms into a blur of ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...