Keketuohai Birds:Golden Eagle
The golden eagle is a widely known bird of prey in the northern hemisphere. The golden eagle is famous for its striking appearance and powerful flight; adults have an average wingspan of more than 2 metres and a body length of up to 1 metre, and their legs and claws are fully covered with feathers. They generally live in mountainous or hilly areas, especially on the cliffs of valleys, and nest on projections of mountain walls. It inhabits alpine grasslands, deserts, river valleys and forests, and in winter it often goes to mountain hills and foothill plains, where the highest altitude can be more than 4,000 metres above sea level. To large and medium-sized birds and animals for food. Distributed in the northern hemisphere temperate, sub-freezing and frigid regions. Kazakh people have a tradition of hunting with golden eagles, which are very fierce and have a lifespan of 30 years. Training the golden eagle is also a very dangerous thing, so that the Kazakh people in the past if you can tame the golden eagle will be a very honourable thing. The golden eagle is a very strong hunter and can hunt sheep, rabbits and other animals if it is tamed.
Habits Usually solitary or in pairs, sometimes in smaller groups in winter, but occasionally large flocks of about 20 can be seen gathering to catch larger prey. It is good at soaring and gliding, often high in the air while hovering in a straight line or circle, while looking down at the ground in search of prey, two wings up "V", with soft and flexible wings and tail changes to regulate the direction of flight, altitude, speed and flying posture. After the discovery of the target, often with a speed of 300 kilometres per hour from the sky, and in the last moment to stop flapping wings, and then firmly grasp the head of the prey, the sharp claws poked into the skull of the prey, so that its immediate loss of life. It preys on dozens of kinds of prey, such as geese and ducks, pheasants, squirrels, roe deer, deer, goats, foxes, dry otters, hares and so on, and sometimes also eats rodents and other small beasts.
After training the golden eagle, you can chase the wolf on the grassland for a long distance, such as the wolf is exhausted, a claw to grab its neck, a claw to grab its eyes, so that the wolf lost the ability to resist, there has been a golden eagle successively catch the record of 14 wolves. In contrast, its carrying capacity is poor, with a weight capacity of less than 1kg. When catching larger prey, it will dismember it on the ground, eat the good meat and heart, liver, lungs and other internal organs first, and then divide the rest into two halves, and bring them back to the place where they live in batches. The golden eagle's legs are all covered with feathers, the feet are three toes forward, one toe towards the back, the toes are as sharp as a lion and tiger's thick and long horny claws, the inner toes and the claws on the back toes are even sharper. When catching prey, its claws are able to pierce into the prey's vital parts at the same time like sharp blades, tearing the skin and flesh, ripping the blood vessels, and even breaking the prey's neck. Huge wings are also one of its powerful weapons, sometimes a wing will be flapped over, you can knock the prey to the ground. In addition to hunting, one of the biggest uses of the Kazakh-trained golden eagle is to guard the sheepfolds. They drive away wolves, which are commonplace on the Kazakh grasslands in Xinjiang. There are no shepherds around when they are guarding the pens.
Conservation Status Listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013 ver 3.1 - Low Concern (LC). It is listed in Appendix II of the Washington Convention as a Class I endangered bird; in China as a Class I national key protected animal; and in the Red Book of China's Endangered Animals - Birds as a vulnerable species.
Habits Usually solitary or in pairs, sometimes in smaller groups in winter, but occasionally large flocks of about 20 can be seen gathering to catch larger prey. It is good at soaring and gliding, often high in the air while hovering in a straight line or circle, while looking down at the ground in search of prey, two wings up "V", with soft and flexible wings and tail changes to regulate the direction of flight, altitude, speed and flying posture. After the discovery of the target, often with a speed of 300 kilometres per hour from the sky, and in the last moment to stop flapping wings, and then firmly grasp the head of the prey, the sharp claws poked into the skull of the prey, so that its immediate loss of life. It preys on dozens of kinds of prey, such as geese and ducks, pheasants, squirrels, roe deer, deer, goats, foxes, dry otters, hares and so on, and sometimes also eats rodents and other small beasts.
After training the golden eagle, you can chase the wolf on the grassland for a long distance, such as the wolf is exhausted, a claw to grab its neck, a claw to grab its eyes, so that the wolf lost the ability to resist, there has been a golden eagle successively catch the record of 14 wolves. In contrast, its carrying capacity is poor, with a weight capacity of less than 1kg. When catching larger prey, it will dismember it on the ground, eat the good meat and heart, liver, lungs and other internal organs first, and then divide the rest into two halves, and bring them back to the place where they live in batches. The golden eagle's legs are all covered with feathers, the feet are three toes forward, one toe towards the back, the toes are as sharp as a lion and tiger's thick and long horny claws, the inner toes and the claws on the back toes are even sharper. When catching prey, its claws are able to pierce into the prey's vital parts at the same time like sharp blades, tearing the skin and flesh, ripping the blood vessels, and even breaking the prey's neck. Huge wings are also one of its powerful weapons, sometimes a wing will be flapped over, you can knock the prey to the ground. In addition to hunting, one of the biggest uses of the Kazakh-trained golden eagle is to guard the sheepfolds. They drive away wolves, which are commonplace on the Kazakh grasslands in Xinjiang. There are no shepherds around when they are guarding the pens.
Conservation Status Listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013 ver 3.1 - Low Concern (LC). It is listed in Appendix II of the Washington Convention as a Class I endangered bird; in China as a Class I national key protected animal; and in the Red Book of China's Endangered Animals - Birds as a vulnerable species.
