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The homeland of the soimarite was middle and North Asia, with its endless steppes, characterized by a special wealth of wine. Through the Huns, the Mongols and the Arabs, as through the Crusades, the soimarite entered Europe and experienced an amazing development.
Length: 25-30 cm
Wingspan: 55-65 cm
Brooding period: May-June
Number of eggs laid: 2-7, usually 4-5
Number of hatches per year: 1
Hatching time: 28-32 days
Age of leaving the nest: one month
Behavior: usually lonely
Sounds emitted: a ski-chi-Chis high
Food: birds and small mammals, insects
Lifetime: the oldest known age was 11 years
Other falcon species:
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Origin
In the Roman principalities, this hunting profession came relatively late and was maintained until the middle of the XIX century .
I used the term hawk from the beginning, this being known. But for a more faithful integration in history, by soimarit we mean only hunting with the actual Falcons (different species of the genus Falco and Hierofalco).
Along the way, other species of birds of Prey have been used for hunting, such as pigeon Hawks, bird Hawks and other birds, not only Hawks.
Besides the Birds Of Prey trained or maintained for princes and dignitaries, the townspeople also used Hawks and Hawks to blame .
So in 1538, the Castellan of Bran and, in 1546, the judges of Brasov procured Hawks for hunting, while Brasov Bartus Fux offered for sale Hawks, at a price ranging between 1 and 2 florins apiece .
In the other end of Transylvania , in Bistrita, the notables of the city were often asked by Moldovans to send them trained falcons, proof that they were trainers and hunters with Falcons.
Very likely as in Cluj, Sibiu, Alba Iulia and other cities, the wealthy bourgeois have soimarized in these lands.
Falcon Feed
About 80 percent of hawk food is made up of small birds. They hunt many species of songbirds, as well as aquatic.Birds also consume field mice, lemmings, bats, dragonflies, beetles and butterflies.
The Falcon usually hunts alone, and sometimes with a pair: the birds sit low in an observation spot, and if they notice a possible prey, they follow it. If they fail to catch it at first they chase it at low altitude, then fly over it, and finally catch it.
Free meal !
Many species consume corpses when the opportunity arises – few of them miss the opportunity for a hearty meal without work.
However, most Raptors usually hunt creatures and kill them with the weapons they are endowed with by Mother Nature – by means of plisks and claws.
Falcon Features
Over time, soimarit has been seen as an activity related to Kings, leaders and high-ranking persons. It is the highest activity among the types of hunting, because it is the most difficult and therefore has a higher reto.
The Hawk teaches you humility, calms your spirit and proportionally gives the Hawk the feeling of unification with nature.
The Falcon is a solitary animal, it is not sociable. He has no instinct to obey a boss , to follow the norms of a society. He cannot be punished, just as he cannot be given the command to obey; but he can be asked and rewarded.
Kings and high-ranking persons treat other persons equally, and even in these conditions they kneel before a hawk. For an ordinary person like everyone else to obey him, it's a lesson in humility.
His men, his horses, his servants will obey His commands, but for a hawk, that King is no more than a fellow hunter.
But what about the Hawk? With worse eyesight, slow and unable to fly for the hawk, it is more of an obstacle than an aid in hunting.
They have to use the car and the radiolocation systems to be able to keep up and sometimes find the Falcon. The nerves at the base of the feathers allow the hawk to feel the air with the sensitivity of a pianist's fingers.
His world is made up of wind, gravity and speed. Looking down, he sees the hawk on the ground, slow and tied to his social world a simple thread of trust but holds the hawk so as not to escape on the winds in search of his prey. alone.
Body weight: male 160-180 g, female 190-220 g
Sexual maturity: male at 2 years, female at 1 year
Hawk species used for hunting in Romania
Wading Falcon (Falco peregrinus )
Saker falcon (Falco cherrug )
Blackthorn Hawk (Accipiter gentilis )
Passerine Hawk ( Accipiter nisus )
Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans LC
Barred Forest-falcon Micrastur ruficollis LC
Plumbeous Forest - Falcon Micrastur plumbeus VU
Lined Forest-falcon Micrastur gilvicollis LC
Cryptic Forest-falcon Micrastur mintoni LC
Slaty-backed Forest-falcon Micrastur mirandollei LC
Collared Forest-falcon Micrastur semitorquatus LC
Buckley's Forest - Falcon Micrastur buckleyi LC
Spot-winged Falconet Spiziapteryx circumcincta LC
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway LC
Southern Caracara Caracara plancus LC
Guadalupe Caracara Caracara lutosa EX
Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus LC
Carunculated Caracara Phalcoboenus carunculatus LC
Mountain Caracara Phalcoboenus megalopterus LC
White-throated Caracara Phalcoboenus albogularis LC
Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis NT
Black Caracara Daptrius ater LC
Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima LC
Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango LC
Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus LC
White-rumped Falcon Polihierax insignis NT
Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens LC
Black-thighed Falconet Microhierax fringillarius LC
White-fronted Falconet Microhierax latifrons NT
Philippine Falconet Microhierax erythrogenys LC
Pied Falconet Microhierax melanoleucos LC
Brown Falcon Falco berigora LC
Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni VU
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus LC
Madagascar Kestrel Falco newtoni LC
Mauritius kestrel Falco punctatus VU
Seychelles Kestrel Falco araea VU
Reunion Kestrel Falco buboisi EX
Spotted Kestrel Falco moluccensis LC
Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides LC
American Kestrel Falco sparverius LC
Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides LC
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex LC
Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus LC
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni LC
Banded Kestrel Falco zoniventris LC
Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera LC
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus NT
Amur Falcon Falco amurensis LC
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae LC
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor NT
Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis LC
Merlin Falco columbarius LC
Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis LC
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo LC
African Hobby Falco cuvieri LC
Oriental Hobby Falco severus LC
Australian Hobby Falco longipennis LC
New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae NT
Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos NT
Black Falcon Falco subniger LC
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus LC
Laggar Falcon Falco jugger NT
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug VU
Hyr Falcon Falco rusticolus LC
Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus LC
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus LC
Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides LC
Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus LC
Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha NT
Falcon Breeding
When the Hawks arrive at the brooding sites, the males exhibit a nuptial flight. They fly slowly flapping their wings to attract females. If a female enters the territory of a male, the birds fly side by side, and then dive into the void and chase each other. The couple's relationship lasts a hatching season.
The female lays her four to five eggs at intervals of two days, and these are hatched by both parents for a month.
Initially the Cubs are protected by the female, during which the male hunts. The male brings food to the nest daily, three to six times.
After 18 days, when the chicks have fully developed plumage, the female also goes hunting. After a month the chicks can already leave the nest to take food from their parents, but stay near it for another month, and then become independent.
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