![]() It’s understood that birds of prey have been used and worked by man for almost 10,000 years and Genghis Khan is believed to have used them both in battle and to catch food.ĭespite many species of our UK birds of prey being driven almost to extinction, due to hunting amongst other things, mammoth efforts over the last 50 years have seen our bird of prey population recovering and with a keen eye, you can spot them in most parts of the UK. Kite, Chil, in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.Have you spotted a bird of prey near where you live recently? And if you have, were you able to tell which bird it was? Get to know British birds of prey and what they look like with our handy guide.Ī bird of prey is a medium to large bird which has a hooked bill, strong sharp talons, excellent eyesight and senses and which hunts small mammals, other birds and insects.Hawk, Tobias, a human who becomes stuck in the body of a red-tailed hawk in the Animorphs series by K.Hawks, falcons, and white-fronted geese in The Once and Future King by T.Eagles, Gwaihir and Landroval, in The Lord of the Rings, also by Tolkien.Eagle, Farsight, in the Chronicles of Narnia by C.Eagle, in James Thurber's taking issue with Stein's pigeon passage – the story There's an Owl in My Room.Eagle, Thorondor, king of the eagles in the works of J.Eagle in The Eagle, poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.Eagle, The E-Telekeli (a humanoid eagle) leader of the Underpeople in the works of Cordwainer Smith.Condor, the divine condor in The Return of the Condor Heroes.Condors, the twin white condors in The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes.Sarcophagus MacAbre, a vulture in Walt Kelly's Pogo.Giant hawks flown by the Glider Elves in Elfquest comics.Coné (Condorito`s son) ( Andean Condor).Cathryn Aura and her son Nigel, vultures in Kevin and Kell.Thunderbird - an enormous bird that causes thunder and stirs the wind from the beating of its wings.Vedrfolnir - a hawk sitting between the eyes of an eagle in the crown of Yggdrasill, the World Tree. ![]() ![]()
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