I am probably going to stir up trouble here but I am feeling a bit ornery after all that below. Besides, I am missing the Primitive and Aboriginal Dog Breeds Conference in Almaty, where many of my friends have gone. I have heard a lot of talk lately about some images going around that lead …
Tag: Central Asia
Gobi Birds
Some wonderful photos on the Temujin Blog, a good blog about trekking in Mongolia. French helps but is not a necessity– the pix speak for themselves. HT John Carlson. (Temujin was the birth name of Jingiz. And no, I won’t say it with a hard “G”, which no one does in Asia, though otherwise spelling …
International Falconry Festival
A carnival of pics of things we love here. Thanks to Jevgeni Shergalin.
Nest
From the book files: Bratislav Grubac from Serbia, writer and photographer of the good book Suri Orao (Golden Eagle) and fellow Mongolia- phile, sends this entry for Eagle: a Steppe eagle nest on the ground in Mongolia.
A Real Afghan
I have been trying to get over 100 illos for the Eagle so have been very busy but visual images are pouring in. So it’s time for Photoblogging! First: a real hunting Afghan from Afghanistan. According to our friend Jutta Ruebesam: “She was found in the streets of Kabul by a member of a German …
The eagle film
I have had about twenty people send me this so thought I should just post it myself. Below is a typical response from me: It is a trained golden taking a roe deer at the annual meet at Opocno in the Czech Republic. They take them as easily as a Goshawk takes a hare. The …
More Vadim
You can get a print of this, in true color, from the REF– see Reid’s post below.
Gorbatov Prints
The fabulous Russian artist Vadim Gorbatov visited the US last fall under the auspices of the Raptor Education Foundation. He paid a visit to Steve and Libby in Magdalena and Steve posted on the visit and Vadim’s art here and here and here. People intrigued by the samples Steve provided may want to know that …