A pair of noisy Amur falcons nests in an oak on the escarpment.A border guard grumbles that the only tourist in weeks has set off her tripwire.
Eagles, buzzards, kites, and falcons frequent the mountains.
Eagles, osprey, falcons, hawks, kites, and buzzards all occur; in the western part vultures are numerous and are found even in towns.
Merchants, adventurers, and Crusaders from Europe and England became familiar with falconry in the Middle East and on their return home took falcons and falconers with them.
So the striker Joey Barton was converted into a sweeper after assaulting a team mate at training and spotted clearing rubbish at the Newcastle Falcons ground.
My long weekend had begun 48 hours earlier when 15 strangers assembled for a guided swimming trip that would see us cover 17km of the river Wye, from the market town of Ross to the magnificent Symonds Yat gorge that's patrolled by peregrine falcons.
Like other birds of prey, the harrier has been protected by law since 1954, but while buzzards and peregrine falcons have recovered their numbers, in England, hen harriers are now close to extinction.
She has been one half, with CocoRosie's Sierra Casady, of a duo called Metallic Falcons whose stunning 2006 album Desert Doughnuts was described as everything from soft metal to prog folk but which really veered more between freak folk and noir atmospherica.
Kurds are divided, though some of them support the revolution and have formed brigades fighting in Hasaka such as the Misha'al Tamou brigade, Azadi brigade and al-Kurd Falcons.
It soon got worse for the Falcons.
LET'S admit this up front, to clear up any confusion: the Georgia Dome, home to the Falcons, Atlanta's professional American football team, is singularly uninspiring.
