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Cobra

Cobra

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A dark brown one

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A pale brown one

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And one with a bit of colour

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Anyone wanna take the risk of ID'ing them?
(Yes I know you can cheat by looking at the tags)
But you get extra points for the sex as well :D

Full answers now on page 2 ;)
 
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We get extra points for sex?? Woohoooooo!!! :LOL:
 
Janice said:
We get extra points for sex?? Woohoooooo!!! :LOL:
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Hello Janice I had a feeling that you may pop in :D
Do you have a web bot that hunts out such words ?
:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
 
1 male
2 female
3 female

ps came I come and camp in your garden, for a while please:D:D
 
pampers said:
1 male
2 female
3 female

ps came I come and camp in your garden, for a while please:D:D
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I don't charge that much and 2 outta 3 (y)
 
No idea what they are... but I love the depth of field on that second!! Superb! Great set all round though! (y)
 
First - Harris Hawk - Male

#2 - Sparrowhawk - Male

#3 - Perigrine X - Female
 
Female
Male
Male

Looking at the tags....How Very Dare You.

Still looking at the other half of the peregrine.
 
Sorry forgot to say.

What a smashing set of photos:clap::clap::clap:
 
Chris is the head colouring in #3 a clue?

Is it a Pere/Gyr ?
 
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oooh - love the green BG - but the third shot is my favourite. I gonna go:

Male
Female
Male
 
At a guess the second half of Peregrine is a Saker ???????
 
AFC said:
Female
Male
Male

Looking at the tags....How Very Dare You.
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:LOL::LOL::LOL:


pampers said:
Sorry forgot to say.

What a smashing set of photos:clap::clap::clap:
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Thanks its appreciated (y)

AFC said:
Chris is the head colouring in #3 a clue?

Is it a Pere/Gyr ?
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Gyr x's tend to be white-ish, and not really
I will say, Its not actually that common the second half ;)

Daysleeper40 said:
oooh - love the green BG - but the third shot is my favourite. I gonna go:

Male
Female
Male
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Thanks Fi its appreciated (y)
And you can take any prize from the second shelf
Spot on (y)
 
cosmix3 said:
At a guess the second half of Peregrine is a Saker ???????
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Fraid not Stu, they tend to have blue cere's (nostrils (and feet)
and are quite brown-ish ;) )
 
The reddish brown colouring I associate with Harris Hawks.
 
Cobra said:
:LOL::LOL::LOL:



Thanks its appreciated (y)


Gyr x's tend to be white-ish, and not really
I will say, Its not actually that common the second half ;)


Thanks Fi its appreciated (y)
And you can take any prize from the second shelf
Spot on (y)
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Woot!!! :D

Going for the double now - is he a Lanner cross?

Is
 
AFC said:
Is it a prarie falcon cross?
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Getting warmer ;)
AFC said:
The reddish brown colouring I associate with Harris Hawks.
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You don't cross long wings with broad wings, Martin.
( I don't even think that its possible)
that would be a total waste of time ;)
 
Daysleeper40 said:
Woot!!! :D

Going for the double now - is he a Lanner cross?

Is
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Sorry put the prize back, nothing so common :LOL:
Though I can see why you said that ;)
 
Merlin? NO!

The only other one I can think of with reddish brown is the Barbary x Peregrine.
 
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Cobra said:
Sorry put the prize back, nothing so common :LOL:
Though I can see why you said that ;)
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Dammit!!! :coat:

(kestrel?
... is that even possible??)
 
Daysleeper40 said:
Dammit!!! :coat:

(kestrel?
... is that even possible??)
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I've never heard of that cross Fi,
(most of these X's are done through AI so I guess its possible)
Again it would a pointless cross though.
BTW That pink fluffy teddy bear that you picked?
well Martin finally got there so kindly pass it over :LOL:
AFC said:
Barbary? with the reddish brown colouring.
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Got there in the end Martin (y)
 
So Just to re-cap
1) Titch the male Harris Hawk
(still in baby cloths, you can tell that by the white flecks on the mail, that is chest feathers)

2) Onion the Spar that is female Sparrow hawk, the males are called "muskets"
She too is still in baby cloths, again, you can tell by the heart shaped patterns
on her mail, folklore has it that there are 147 of these and that represents the
amount of baby birds that died to bring her to fledging.

3) Mason the Pere x Barbary about 5 years old, and at a hunting weight of around 1lb 4oz
took to hunting rats, so he was retired off pit work, he kept ending up at the vets
for stitches ( hes a bit small to handle them)
 
Cobra said:
You were gonna get that even if it killed you weren't you, Martin ? :LOL:
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I certainly was. I dont know why I put Merlin as I knew it wasn't a Merlin or a Hobby which I nearly followed up with.:wacky:

Daysleeper40 said:
GIVE ME MY TEDDY!! :annoyed::dummy:
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Fi you may keep the teddy bear, with my blessing.:)
 
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Cobra said:
So Just to re-cap
1) Titch the male Harris Hawk
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Sorry but I have to disagree with that ID, that is definitely a Tawny Eagle and there I thought you knew your Birds of Prey :p:D
 
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AFC said:
I certainly was. I dont know why I put Merlin as I knew it wasn't a Merlin or a Hobby which I nearly followed up with.:wacky:
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You say that but they do cross Peregrines with Merlin's
they are called "Perlins" (seriously) and they look rather like a tall skinny Peregrine.
I think they hunt skylarks mostly, with them ;)
 
Gremlin said:
Sorry but I have to disagree with that ID, that is definitely a Tawny Eagle and there I thought you knew your Birds of Prey :p:D
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Oh Jeeeze who woke her up :shrug: :D
 
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