If you could choose?

[Barbary Boy]

if you could choose between a haliaeetus leucephalus or an geranoaetus melanoleucus what would you go for? or do you think that a polemaetus bellicosus is better? the terathopius ecaudatus would be my choice every time though?

[UKJay74]

bald eagle or Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle for those who dont do latin
Damn BB you keeping me busy tonight lol

[Barbary Boy]

bald eagle or Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle for those who dont do latin
Damn BB you keeping me busy tonight lol
and the last one???

[UKJay74]

bald eagle or Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle for those who dont do latin or martial eagle or the batleur would be BB's choice lol
Damn BB you keeping me busy tonight lol

[UKJay74]

Batleur eagle one of my faves impact falconry (james has one called boris a true gem and the batluer i would love to own :D what would be their quarry though

[Blaze]

Babs are all these latin names coming from your head or are you looking them up before posting?..

[Barbary Boy]

no blaze i speak fluent latin all the time ? its my second language! it just comes naturally to me and i find it so much easier to express myself in latin?

[Puzo]

no blaze i speak fluent latin all the time ? its my second language! it just comes naturally to me and i find it so much easier to express myself in latin?
Veritas coppulae non confundum

[Talon]

bet you speak french and broken biscuits.mostly on a friday night.lol

[Tim Laycock]

Dont mess around!

Get an Accipiter Gentilis :supz: :supz: :supz:

[Jackson]

we fly two bateleurs at the centre
ones an immature imprint and is such a mummys boy but pretty good flying
the other is an imported adult female who is huge and so beautiful!!!! i dont know if they make god falconry bops but they are beautiful!!!

[Tim Laycock]

Scavengers do not make good falconry birds Sarah ;)

[Steve Wise]

Scavengers do not make good falconry birds Sarah ;)
Same as Sarah!!!!

[Hells99]

Lol! We have A Black Chested and a Bataleur and 2 Balds at the foundation but the 2 balds don't fly - they're just for breeding. The bataleur beats up just about everyone apart from Liz (he's a mummy's boy) and the black chested is a juv but doing really well. Personally I like the Black Chested but that's only cos the Bataleur bit my bum

[Tim Laycock]

:lol: Nice!

[PaulColley66]

What about Tawny's (Aquila rapax for BB's benefit). Are they suitable birds?:?:

[Steve Wise]

Me if I could I would go buzzard eagle:-P

[Hells99]

There's a pic of a Black Chested Buzzard Eagle here about half way down the page - that's Guillermo. :)

http://www.raptorfoundation.org.uk/species.html

[AndyYounger]

i presume you are meaning looks. as all of these birds require totally different types of flying. as for me it has to be geranoaetus melanoleucus (black chested buzzard eagle) but the marshall is an awsome looking creature.
But then again i am biased.;)

[ChrisRobbo]

Have a black eagle and a martial at the centre near me. The black eagle is awesome and that would be my choice.

[AndyYounger]

Hi Chris.
are you near icarus falconry?
Mike is the only one i know with a black and a marshall. Both males and stunning.

[Jackson]

Scavengers do not make good falconry birds Sarah ;)

bateleur eagles arent scavengers!!! they go after snakes and have the shortest tail of all eagles!! and all their featehrs stand erect when catching a snake to protect from the snake bite!!

[ChrisRobbo]

Yeah. Thats the man i held his black eagle (massai) the other week. He took us out and we saw him fly shame about the wind though didn't allow for much soaring. The martial is a stunning bird aswell though.

I only recently met mike through the northamptonshire raptor club. It sort of narrows it down a bit when there are very few of these birds about!
Mike seems to be a genuine good bloke happy to help. I was very impressed with the centre aswell.

[Puzo]

I can remember a guy called Alan Oswalld had, I'm not sure if it was a batteleur or an imperial I think he called it Pegusus. Either way he used to walk around with it on his bare fist, never hunted it. It was about 30 yrs ago so I can't remember that much. I think he started Raptor Rescue or something?

[Afshimo]

black eagle or the martial eagle, but def a black first!