The falcon | Facts & Information

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.