Eagle hunter with his eagle. Tolbo, Bayan-Ölgii,Mongolia

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Wikipedia: Hunting with eagles is a traditional form of falconry found throughout the Eurasian steppe, practiced by Kazakh and Kyrgyz people in contemporary Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as diasporas in Bayan-Ölgii, Mongolia, and Xinjiang, China. Though these Turkic people are most famous for hunting with golden eagles, they have been known to train northern goshawks, peregrine falcons, saker falcons, and more

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Location: Tolbo, Bayan-Ölgii , Mongolia
Photo credit: © Bert de Ruiter / Alamy / Afripics
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