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dseered
13th of September 2007 (Thu), 12:37
Sorry I am not sure what they all are, I know the white one is a Hy-Brid ? Taken at the Westmorland County show today.
1.
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4010/img2454tj1.jpg
2.
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/11/img2451nc0.jpg
3.
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9223/img2444ll8.jpg
4.
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5200/img2347xo3.jpg

Such beautiful birds, gorgeous !
canonloader
13th of September 2007 (Thu), 12:42
Nice shots, but I'm not familiar with UK birds enough to even guess what they are. :)
dseered
13th of September 2007 (Thu), 12:44
Nice shots, but I'm not familiar with UK birds enough to even guess what they are. :)

LOL, the guy did tell me what the white one was, its origins lie in the desert, something to do with the oil barons seeing how much the Arabs loved Hawks and Falcons, the White comes from a bird from the very Northen Hemisphere, it was crossed with a native desert bird and Voila ! Can't for the life of me remember the names of the birds that were crossed though !
hTr
13th of September 2007 (Thu), 12:45
Looks like the Camera Does a very fine Job!!! Very Nice.

I'm not up on UK Hawks.
dseered
13th of September 2007 (Thu), 13:03
Looks like the Camera Does a very fine Job!!! Very Nice.

I'm not up on UK Hawks.

Thank you - looks like I may be researching BoP tonight !
MikeI
13th of September 2007 (Thu), 13:20
Very nice! All look really sharp..
dseered
13th of September 2007 (Thu), 15:02
OK - #'s 1 & 2 I now think are as thought a Hybrid bird, now I can't be sure but the article posted does ring a bell as to what the chap told me. I think its is a Gyrafalcon / Sakker cross :)

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/e/ec/USAF_falcon.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.answers.com/topic/usaf-falcon-jpg&h=284&w=425&sz=131&hl=en&start=8&um=1&tbnid=MRRr3bzK0cI0wM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=145&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsaker%2Bfalcon%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1% 26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3De n%26sa%3DN
Twisted Image
13th of September 2007 (Thu), 15:08
nice shots..
soccersnaps
14th of September 2007 (Fri), 10:06
im not totally sure, maybe because it could be a young bird, but i think 3 maybe a harris hawk...........
soccersnaps
14th of September 2007 (Fri), 10:07
4 looks like a lanner falcon
Samdiver74
14th of September 2007 (Fri), 10:13
The first couple of the hybrid, has similar qualities to a kestrel as far as markings. however I do agree on possibly a Gyrfalcon due to these being the largest of the falcon species and there are 3 color phases, white being one of them.
Pic 3 looks like a young common Buzzard
and Pic 4 maybe a peregrine falcon, sure someone will correct me if I am wrong
BobOh
14th of September 2007 (Fri), 17:50
1 and 2 sure look like http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=111092
dseered
14th of September 2007 (Fri), 17:57
1 and 2 sure look like http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=111092

Yep size looks good, mine has alot more markings down the breast, our local paper has the handlers name in today so I am going to try and contact him, with my pics for some ID's - I will of course let you know my findings !