Secretary birds

[Moses]

anyone have em in the uk awesome birds massive and kill snakes like cobras and eat them


i was watching the crocodile hunter a few months back and he was in singapore where the biggest birds of prey centre is with almost everything their

and also the big wind creating machine where they let the eagles hover so the tourists can look how they hover

and this bloody secretary bird haha just jumps on the guys glove and then goes back down and he makes it chase a dead snake tied to a stick

awesome stuff

http://www.botswana-tourism.gov.bw/tourism/multimedia/img/secretary_bird.jpg


http://www.lewa.org/lewa-wildlife-conservancy-pics/lewa_house_secretary_bird.jpg


http://www.hoothollow.com/December%202004%20Tip%20Quest%20Joe%20Kenya/Secretary%20Bird%20in%20flight%20Tip%20of%20Month. jpg


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/07/images/0726_birds1.jpg

[Renton]

Great pictures Moses.

[Moses]

cheres renton first time i seen u on mate, nice to hear from a fellow scot :) u come fae an awesome area, i luv the stirling countrysides mate and the homes up their, have to be the best

[Dude]

Wonderful birds, I was saw some in Zimbabve and Zanmbia when I was at a hunting/fishing tour with my family.... :) I saw one what kill a snake a20meters from me :) very interesting it find a snake and land near to it than the secretary bird dont grab it.....the bird grab the snake on its tail and when it get the snakes head in "shooting range" it punch the snakes head a few times and the snake was killed......than the bird swallow it like a piece gof giant spaghetti :D

regards,
Dan. :)

[Dude]

hope u understand my english or hunglish or whatever :D:D:D:D:D:D

[Dude]

Wonderful birds, I was saw some in Zimbabve and Zanmbia when I was at a hunting/fishing tour with my family.... :) I saw one what kill a snake a20meters from me :) very interesting it find a snake and land near to it than the secretary bird dont grab it.....the bird grab the snake on its tail and when it get the snakes head in "shooting range" it punch the snakes head a few times and the snake was killed......than the bird swallow it like a piece gof giant spaghetti :D

regards,
Dan. :)

[Moses]

Wonderful birds, I was saw some in Zimbabve and Zanmbia when I was at a hunting/fishing tour with my family.... :) I saw one what kill a snake a20meters from me :) very interesting it find a snake and land near to it than the secretary bird dont grab it.....the bird grab the snake on its tail and when it get the snakes head in "shooting range" it punch the snakes head a few times and the snake was killed......than the bird swallow it like a piece gof giant spaghetti :D

regards,
Dan. :)


hi dan lol no worries i understand your english just fine quite good actually :D


they are mate the way they stamp on them its amazing, bloody long legs on them

when i watched the programme this one was tamed and u know it doesnt even fly to the glove, it runs so fast and just hopped on and took a bite of the game from the glove and then jumped back down :D

do u get the crocodile hunter programme in hungary , by the way we have the same ancestors :D THE HUNS :D ancestors of some muslims and hungarians :D


http://www.soldatini.org/images/recensioni/it6020_1.jpg

[Renton]

Too true Moses, it is a nice part of the world except for the midges!!!

[Moses]

lol midges we have mental midges here, u ever gone fly fishing mate :D its terrible they kill u :D so many of them next to the water


in asia theirs plenty of mosquitos though, their pure evil the worst kind

do u know why the natives dont get bitten much, coz their blood aint as sweet as ours, this is no bull, ask ali here from pakistan he will tell u

see mosquitoes sting and take out blood for their eggs

and they can tell from miles whos blood is sweet and whos aint for some reason

see in asia they dont have our diet like sweets, chocolates etc cakes and all

we suffer *****ly heat coz of it and also more mosquitoes bites than the natives

well thats something new :D

so less sweets u eat, more chances the mosquitoes wont bite as much

[Renton]

The little sh*ts seem to bite the hell out of me day or night around here! Apart from being at the REM concert last night; the midges there were either drunk or stoned!!!

[Moses]

lol :D too afraid of the crowd bud :D probably

mate wheraboots in stiriling, i was at callander last week on saturday took the wife, kid and niece and nephew out for a day trip, i luv that place makes u feel all patriotic, elderly folk in kilts :D and free shortbread and toffee from the shops

[Debbie]

Hi Moses,

Secretary Birds they are just magnificent and really beautiful those eyelashes - envy envy :wink:

Now back to your question the Hawk Conservancy in Andover has them and actually uses them in their displays really great to see this fabulous Raptor in a display and in a very good education role. The Hawk Conservancy's displays are really top quality.

I also think Eagle Heights has a pair but can't be 100% sure on that one.

Sadly they are all along way from where you are in Glasgow :( But if you are ever down this way for a holiday worth a looksy.

Debbs

[Shaun Byrne]

We've got one in our office, she make a good cuppa :D :D

[Moses]

We've got one in our office, she make a good cuppa :D :D


haha i bet she has long fit legs as well as the bird above :D


debbie cheers luv that sounds cool i never ever know andover was in england :D

do they kick like ostrichs towards humans, they got good stamping power, dont wanna get footed by them haha tall birds these

[Dave G]

we have a few secretary birds in our office too ,lovely looking but a few get their claws out too often and have been around the office a few times lol,i bet the secretary bird is much more managable to handle lol

[Moses]

we have a few secretary birds in our office too ,lovely looking but a few get their claws out too often and have been around the office a few times lol,i bet the secretary bird is much more managable to handle lol


haha mate pls can u ask your boss to employ me too once they had me they wont settle for less :D im the manning master haha :D


kidding bud cheers for the laugh :D

[Moses]

here is a nice secretary
i bet she is dead expensive and will have u as a lapdog, well i dont need her then :D man should be a hunter not a lapdog :D
http://dreamprogs.ru/downloads/images/secretary.jpg



and a feathered one :D

http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1077594837404_2004/02/24/rhs_rio-carnival.jpg


and i luv this one

http://www.afritopic.com/afritopic-pics/afritopic-national-parks/SecretaryBird.jpg

[Kevin Massey]

they display one at sion hall thirsk yorks, i know they used to use a rubber snake in the demonstration but as the rubber one never dies it just kept on attacking it.....

but u learn summut every day i didnt know they were classed as a broadwing...

kev

[Moses]

lol @ mass mate i dont even know what they are broadwings or whatever category, i just made up my mind :D i wasnt sure so thought maybe its a relative to a vulture or something :D

[Dave G]

secretary bird rubber snakes makes you wonder why their all blonds lol do they chain them up and are they into bondage ???? if so how much are they lol

[Moses]

secretary bird rubber snakes makes you wonder why their all blonds lol do they chain them up and are they into bondage ???? if so how much are they lol


lol haha i didnt see that coming :D excellent mate :D