Sunday, April 21, 2024

Taming the Falcon - - > Qatar Desert 2023


This experience is NOT for the faint hearted. The falcon is a top predator and can eat small mammals. One can rear falcons as a hobby but they are birds of prey so there is a lot of handling and training required before one can adequately own a falcon - or so I am told. 

So the trick is to feed them with scraps of goat or beef meat, then you can take the obligatory visitor photo, like I did.


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