I’m aviation pilot 👨✈️ from Kuwait child of my family since 6 years he should know about 1 falcons 2 calms 3 horses 4 hunting of course a lot of Arabian families same my family I’m happy for this amazing video thanks a lot
Thank you. Falcons- a real symbol of power. "I am the guiding Light that illumineth the way. I am the royal Falcon on the arm of the Almighty. I unfold the drooping wings of every broken bird and start it on its flight." ~ Baha'u'llah
this documentary had done in the north of saudi arabia, 2 of falconers was died “god bless them” but still this vedio useful as huge falconry reference, great job, thank you for sharing us. ((guys where is thumbs up for such vedio ?! i heard it’s free on youtube 😉))
I am amazed that you managed to get in the camp and interact with the falconers!! I don't know many students that have the resources or the courage to get such thing done. Great work!! very informative!! Thank you very much for sharing.
Thank you for the kind words Mohammed. Having been raised in the middle east, learned to speak arabic at 5 years old, it took a lot of courage and respect of the culture. I had not been back to the kingdom for many years, so it took a while for the language to come back when I returned after University. It was an amazing experience I will treasure for the rest of my life.
Yeah... much better than the ones where they shoot the falcon for not hunting well...I so wish the to Shieks who died (the one into falconry and keeping the Houbara on the planet... and bag limits uner 200 A DAY) and the sheik who is responsible for the Spix Macaw being alive... now those are MEN
Very fascinating. I was fortunate to witness a falconer during my trip to Kuwait in 2012. I did not imagine so much went into the sport. Thanks for posting!
I would imagine that a Saker/Peregrine hybrid could potentially be an extremely versatile hunter... having both the instincts of ground and aerial hunting running through it.
Saker peregrine are nice but we much prefer gyr peregrine or gyr sakers because of the gyrs large size mixed with the instincts of the Saker or peregrine
من اروع الافلام الوثائقيه الذي تتكلم عن الصقاره وشبك الصقور دتم تصويره بالرويشد واطراف العراق والسعوديه ومن ضمن من محافظة #طريف #الحدود_الشماليه الصقارين جريبيع البناقي الصلبي والصقار مطيران البني الطرفاوي الصلبي رحمهم الله وثقه مصور بريطاني تصوير وتعليق
هذا مقناص سمو الامير الملكي عبدالرحمن عبدالله الفيصل وهي مجموع مقاطع تم تجميعها من مقناص في صحراء سيناء وحزم الجلاميد قبل عام 1991 وكان يتكلم عند طريقه صيد الطيور عند العرب ، هذا لتوضيح
One of the best UA-cam's video on the subject. Unfortunately as you concluded, this is now considered as archaic and it's hard to find serious and relevant information on the subject. We want more!
+Dembereldorj Dorjchuluun Hello, sorry for the late reply. Been working on other projects and not following up on the video lately. I appreciate the invitation, but due to other television work I cannot take on another falconry documentary at this time. Glad you enjoyed it.
35:15 Best chase ever! Rabbit outsmart 3 hunting dogs. Got me cheering for the rabbit from start to end. Glad to see it escaped. 35:00 Falcons lined up in the truck like a clan of assassins. And they are truly assassins.
Ummmm you are missing the point, those dogs are not like greyhounds. Sure they are fast but they also have better stamina so they also tire down the prey
Nice documentary. Thank you for sharing. Sakers are preferred by the Arabian falconers because they are done moulting by the begining of the hunting season. Northern migrant peregrines from the Arctic will not be done moulting before december. Therefore the juveniles (farkh) are preferred to the hagards peregrines (garnas). Hagard peregrines have little value in traditionnal arab falconry. Their character is also very unstable as they have been migranting already. The hagard in the video is probably a juvenile caught bird and moulted in captivity.
This documentary was very well put together. The narration, content and explaniations is wonderful and professionally done. (The narrator has a very nice, commanding voice) That said, I hate seeing these birds (any bird really) captured. They are too magnificent a creature to have it held in captivity. They should be free to fly and hunt for themselves. Again, great job on the informative documentary! Have you done more?
+Christi W Hi Christi, this was my first and last documentary on the art of Falconry. It lead me down the road to doing other documentaries, but not on Falconry. I'm still involved with television, but not shooting documentaries anymore. Thank you for the comments and glad you enjoyed it.
what so many people do not understand about falconry .......is the beneficial relationship falconers have with the birds....they are not "held in captivity" as a caged bird in a zoo is, you see no cages here.....the birds ARE free to fly away if they want to.....and ....sometimes they do....
GREAT WORK..very close to our real culture and it tells ppl that arabs r not all terrorists >>very informative i love falcons wish i learn how to hunt with them .
Thanks for the comment. I didn't get to do a full presentation, but showed the rough draft to my college professors. They gave me some pointers before I geared up to go back for the 2nd half of production.
Just over a year and a half. The first part I did right up until January 14th before the first gulf war which started on the 16th. I then came back the following winter and finished shooting the remaining pieces I needed.
هذا مقناص سمو الامير الملكي عبدالرحمن عبدالله الفيصل وهي مجموع مقاطع تم تجميعها من مقناص في صحراء سيناء وحزم الجلاميد قبل عام 1991 وكان يتكلم عند طريقه صيد الطيور عند العرب ، هذا لتوضيح
why do they wear these huge coats, is it cold there in september? excellent footage and explenation, thank you ps i love what they did with their pick up truck, total boss style
+ramon campeador Hello Ramon. Thank you for the comments. Yes at certain times of the documentary it was winter time and it got very cold. Being out in the desert totally exposed to the wind and lack of ground cover it was hard to stay warm unless we dressed in those coats till it heated up later in the day. Glad you enjoyed it.
Hi andy. Awesome documentary, i have a question and hope you can help me with it. In the documentary it it mention that shooting was in north of saudi , can you tell me exactly closer to which city? Because I'm in north and i go hunt and i think its the same area but not sure ! Thanks
When they first trapped and wrapped that Falcon (Saker I believe) They put her in so much stress. She was very distressed you could hear it; I didn't like that aspect and prefer the new world method that is far more gentle and welcoming, to build trust and a mutual respect.
Many can't see this side of arabia because their too focused on the wars. Yet out cultures and traditions run deeper in our blood that's why we don't want anyone harming one inch of a peaceful place like that. In the desert many strong man have came to us and in this same desert many beautiful women were alive. God bless the land of Musliams where ever they are. Amen
Nice work Andy. I don't really have much experience in Video shooting/editing, but isn't there any way to enhance the quality to HD ? I mean as u said, would be nice to have it in HD quality.
Hi Leo, Thanks for the comment. After Effects just released a new version that allows detail preserving upscale. It allows upscaling all the way to 4K. When I get some free time, I'm going to run some tests with this documentary and see how it looks. I'll repost the video in the higher frame size if it enhances it enough.
Dear Andy Edwards, I would like to get in touch with you regarding this documentary of yours. With your permission we would like to use it in a visitor Centre here in Dubai, UAE. Can you please let me know how I can reach you? Via email, text or call. Please let me know. Thank you.
Hi Shaalan, Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. It has been years since I made this and the composer name escapes me right now. We had a 28 piece orchestra put together the music in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. I'll see if I can locate more information and post back.
I'm descendent of a family that is just like the people that are shown in the video. It's impressive how this documentary is accurate and informative. I appreciate your hard work.
There's No way falconry started out as an efficient means of food production the Sumerians and the cultured Asians (China) would of been the first to of experienced this sport to believe otherwise is sheer stupidity
it did start out as a way to catch food originally, then is turned into a sport/rich person's hobby, today in america it is a conservation effort while in say britain it is a hobby, other parts of the world it is for blood sport. some maybe even in some it is still an effective way of hunting.
Fantastic atmosphere in this video! The music, the narrator, the shots, the land cruisers and the falcons doing what they do best 👍
I’m aviation pilot 👨✈️ from Kuwait child of my family since 6 years he should know about 1 falcons 2 calms 3 horses 4 hunting of course a lot of Arabian families same my family I’m happy for this amazing video thanks a lot
Thank you. Falcons- a real symbol of power. "I am the guiding Light that illumineth the way. I am the royal Falcon on the arm of the Almighty. I unfold the drooping wings of every broken bird and start it on its flight." ~ Baha'u'llah
Awesome, I didn’t know Arabians had so many falcons, Fascinating!
As a Arab falconer I assure every one this is the most accurate docmentry about Arabian falconry
the Arab falconers are SO good with their birds...its a pleasure to see ...
Andy, you've done a great job here. I'm a licensed falconer of 20 years and am amazed at the new insights you have portrayed in this video. Well done!
Thank you Lee. Glad you enjoyed it.
This is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. Very informative about Falconry!
this documentary had done in the north of saudi arabia, 2 of falconers was died “god bless them” but still this vedio useful as huge falconry reference, great job, thank you for sharing us.
((guys where is thumbs up for such vedio ?! i heard it’s free on youtube 😉))
What a great video! Thank you for this extraordinary work!
I am amazed that you managed to get in the camp and interact with the falconers!! I don't know many students that have the resources or the courage to get such thing done. Great work!! very informative!! Thank you very much for sharing.
Thank you for the kind words Mohammed. Having been raised in the middle east, learned to speak arabic at 5 years old, it took a lot of courage and respect of the culture. I had not been back to the kingdom for many years, so it took a while for the language to come back when I returned after University. It was an amazing experience I will treasure for the rest of my life.
One of the BEST falconry videos I ever saw! Thanks allot for your work!
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Yeah... much better than the ones where they shoot the falcon for not hunting well...I so wish the to Shieks who died (the one into falconry and keeping the Houbara on the planet... and bag limits uner 200 A DAY) and the sheik who is responsible for the Spix Macaw being alive... now those are MEN
Very fascinating. I was fortunate to witness a falconer during my trip to Kuwait in 2012. I did not imagine so much went into the sport. Thanks for posting!
I would imagine that a Saker/Peregrine hybrid could potentially be an extremely versatile hunter... having both the instincts of ground and aerial hunting running through it.
Saker peregrine are nice but we much prefer gyr peregrine or gyr sakers because of the gyrs large size mixed with the instincts of the Saker or peregrine
Excellent documentary. Thank you.
Beautiful video Andy.Shukran !
من اروع الافلام الوثائقيه الذي تتكلم عن الصقاره وشبك الصقور دتم تصويره بالرويشد واطراف العراق والسعوديه
ومن ضمن من محافظة #طريف
#الحدود_الشماليه
الصقارين جريبيع البناقي الصلبي
والصقار مطيران البني الطرفاوي الصلبي
رحمهم الله
وثقه مصور بريطاني تصوير وتعليق
فاهٍي. ونعم والله
يعني صور بالاردن هذا الفلم
شبهت المكان بادية العراق
هذا مقناص سمو الامير الملكي عبدالرحمن عبدالله الفيصل وهي مجموع مقاطع تم تجميعها من مقناص في صحراء سيناء وحزم الجلاميد قبل عام 1991 وكان يتكلم عند طريقه صيد الطيور عند العرب ، هذا لتوضيح
Judging from the cars and the way the dress, it was filmed in the mid 80's.... Beautiful film and music.
Great job ... The documentary is full of detailed information which many falconers keep to them selfs ..
One of the best UA-cam's video on the subject. Unfortunately as you concluded, this is now considered as archaic and it's hard to find serious and relevant information on the subject. We want more!
Really enjoyed the video. Thanks
Dear Andy, We would like to contact with you. Could you come to Mongolia and do documentary for Mongolian saker falcons?
+Dembereldorj Dorjchuluun Hello, sorry for the late reply. Been working on other projects and not following up on the video lately. I appreciate the invitation, but due to other television work I cannot take on another falconry documentary at this time. Glad you enjoyed it.
Video on Falcons exceptionally good. We got insight in the sport of falcony.
Cool . Its my town ,thats why i recognized some of the lands , i go there all the times.
35:15 Best chase ever! Rabbit outsmart 3 hunting dogs. Got me cheering for the rabbit from start to end. Glad to see it escaped.
35:00 Falcons lined up in the truck like a clan of assassins. And they are truly assassins.
Ummmm you are missing the point, those dogs are not like greyhounds. Sure they are fast but they also have better stamina so they also tire down the prey
Thanks, VaheGuru Ji!
جميل جداً. شكراً جزيلاً،، الصقور عز العرب
Beautiful people beautiful culture.
My grandfather and uncle are in the video at minute 15:33
Cool! Falcons are really magnificent birds...
Nice documentary. Thank you for sharing. Sakers are preferred by the Arabian falconers because they are done moulting by the begining of the hunting season. Northern migrant peregrines from the Arctic will not be done moulting before december. Therefore the juveniles (farkh) are preferred to the hagards peregrines (garnas).
Hagard peregrines have little value in traditionnal arab falconry. Their character is also very unstable as they have been migranting already.
The hagard in the video is probably a juvenile caught bird and moulted in captivity.
I really thought it was made by a professional production company. very good work. make more documentaries like this one.
Great Documentary Andy.. I absolutely loved it keep up the good work.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
What an amazing, detailed and put together documentary from the start to the end. Brilliant job Andy Edwards.
This documentary was very well put together. The narration, content and explaniations is wonderful and professionally done. (The narrator has a very nice, commanding voice) That said, I hate seeing these birds (any bird really) captured. They are too magnificent a creature to have it held in captivity. They should be free to fly and hunt for themselves. Again, great job on the informative documentary! Have you done more?
+Christi W Hi Christi, this was my first and last documentary on the art of Falconry. It lead me down the road to doing other documentaries, but not on Falconry. I'm still involved with television, but not shooting documentaries anymore. Thank you for the comments and glad you enjoyed it.
what so many people do not understand about falconry .......is the beneficial relationship falconers have with the birds....they are not "held in captivity" as a caged bird in a zoo is, you see no cages here.....the birds ARE free to fly away if they want to.....and ....sometimes they do....
Well done, i enjoyed this documentary. Trapping to training and hunting.
What an amazing documentary!! Hats off to you sir
GREAT WORK..very close to our real culture and it tells ppl that arabs r not all terrorists >>very informative i love falcons wish i learn how to hunt with them .
Thank you Abbas. Glad you enjoyed it
wonderful
Fascinating. Thank you.
This is back in the 90's for a college project!? Dude, you are amazing! Did you get to present it, since the war interrupted the production?
Thanks for the comment. I didn't get to do a full presentation, but showed the rough draft to my college professors. They gave me some pointers before I geared up to go back for the 2nd half of production.
awesome doc! I'd love to be able to handle Falcons like that. Thanx for the upload!
Glad you enjoyed it. It was definitely worth the experience.
the use of haggards was particularly interesting.
Ted Haggard
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing. How much time did it take to shoot all the sequences?
Just over a year and a half. The first part I did right up until January 14th before the first gulf war which started on the 16th. I then came back the following winter and finished shooting the remaining pieces I needed.
beautiful
Hi Nkereuwem,
Thanks for watching and glad you liked it. It was a fun project to work on. I learned a lot about the culture and the falcons.
What a documentary! Well done, loved the music choices tho
هذا مقناص سمو الامير الملكي عبدالرحمن عبدالله الفيصل وهي مجموع مقاطع تم تجميعها من مقناص في صحراء سيناء وحزم الجلاميد قبل عام 1991 وكان يتكلم عند طريقه صيد الطيور عند العرب ، هذا لتوضيح
great video, more please.
This is very interesting and informative. Enjoyed watching.
awesome fantastic.
Lovely documentary. I learned a lot :)
why do they wear these huge coats, is it cold there in september?
excellent footage and explenation, thank you
ps i love what they did with their pick up truck, total boss style
+ramon campeador Hello Ramon. Thank you for the comments. Yes at certain times of the documentary it was winter time and it got very cold. Being out in the desert totally exposed to the wind and lack of ground cover it was hard to stay warm unless we dressed in those coats till it heated up later in the day. Glad you enjoyed it.
Hi andy. Awesome documentary, i have a question and hope you can help me with it. In the documentary it it mention that shooting was in north of saudi , can you tell me exactly closer to which city? Because I'm in north and i go hunt and i think its the same area but not sure ! Thanks
Thanks. We camped all along the Iraq border near Arar.
When they first trapped and wrapped that Falcon (Saker I believe) They put her in so much stress. She was very distressed you could hear it; I didn't like that aspect and prefer the new world method that is far more gentle and welcoming, to build trust and a mutual respect.
Great video!
Many can't see this side of arabia because their too focused on the wars. Yet out cultures and traditions run deeper in our blood that's why we don't want anyone harming one inch of a peaceful place like that. In the desert many strong man have came to us and in this same desert many beautiful women were alive. God bless the land of Musliams where ever they are. Amen
Nice work Andy.
I don't really have much experience in Video shooting/editing, but isn't there any way to enhance the quality to HD ? I mean as u said, would be nice to have it in HD quality.
Hi Leo,
Thanks for the comment. After Effects just released a new version that allows detail preserving upscale. It allows upscaling all the way to 4K. When I get some free time, I'm going to run some tests with this documentary and see how it looks. I'll repost the video in the higher frame size if it enhances it enough.
This is a great video!
the music is legit 👌 🔥 ❤
Thanks andy for this great work
+Abdul Rahim Shukran Abdul, glad you enjoyed the video.
Abdul Rahman Al hamdan
ஈள
Abdul Rahman Al hamdan هذا بادية المملكة ولا بالعراق
timeless
In any country this film was filmed
في اي دوله تم تصوير هذا الفلم ؟
شمال السعودية
SNI REAPER لا ماظن قالو بين الاردن والعراق والسعوديه
عبدالعزيز العيسى لااااا قال انو هن الان بالسعودية بس في كمان صيادين صقور بالأردن والعراق و سوريا
SNI REAPER توقع اي سنة هالمقناص ؟
عبدالعزيز العيسى ١٩٩٠
Andy Edwards what was the budget for this ?
Dear Andy Edwards, I would like to get in touch with you regarding this documentary of yours. With your permission we would like to use it in a visitor Centre here in Dubai, UAE. Can you please let me know how I can reach you? Via email, text or call. Please let me know. Thank you.
lovely! beautiful documentry!
Amazing!
I named my Perigrine UDET after a German Luftwaffe Ace of WWll Ernst Udet.I love my Perrigrine more than my better half.......😁
في اي دولة هذا المقناص ،؟
that was great thank you.
What is the name of the music in the beginning? Very beautiful.
It was a custom piece I had done by a orchestra in Egypt.
Dosane wong seneng adu manuk. Mugo² kelakon dithothol khonthole.
amazing Documentary. Can you please tell me the name of the music used in the beginning?
Hi Shaalan, Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. It has been years since I made this and the composer name escapes me right now. We had a 28 piece orchestra put together the music in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. I'll see if I can locate more information and post back.
Andy Edwards thank you
@@andyedwards2171
Hi Andy
I hope you are doing well
im still searching for the music used in your Documentary
Хороший филм.Жаль, что нет перевода. Спасибо!
I like the the video it look cool
awesome.
all these years i thought it was called an eagle
Oh, the narrator is so nice and official. I feel like I'm at a lecture! :)
Thanks
I saw this when i was 18 y; Aramco Tv 😔
يازين شوفت الحباري
فهد المسحمي يافهد اين صور هذا المقطع
love it thanks for sharing
When the falcon usually leaves his nest?
40 to haatch 40 to grow feather 40 to hunt
awesome,i always wonderd how they trained them ,now i no thanks
good job!!!
I'm descendent of a family that is just like the people that are shown in the video. It's impressive how this documentary is accurate and informative. I appreciate your hard work.
Our fathers’ sent us...
My papi was a pistol-- I’m a son of a gun!
@@robinsmith1091 اجنبي هطف
thank you
calling the bird's name out ...shouting as the make-in is done on a kill....is very different than other falconry.......but it works for them....
Hello friend, you have the information we have to know Is that
Dear Andy
I want to communicate with you to discuss somthing, please inform me the way u like to talk
good video
DAMN UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY THROW A LION A THAT OLD MAN
mashallah
Sweet arabian
Saya selalu ngebayangin punya burung peregrine terus saya lepaskan saat ada orang lomba burung dara.
29:50 These Sakers are not that fast because are too much specialized in fighting with big bustards at the ground.
جميل جدا ما شاء الله
Whats the music piece at the beginning?
It was a custom piece I had done by a orchestra in Egypt. Some of the other songs in the video were from music libraries.
التقرير فيه نفس استشراقي نتن للأسف بعض العرب يظن فيه الخير والمقاصد خلاف ذلك
There's No way falconry started out as an efficient means of food production the Sumerians and the cultured Asians (China) would of been the first to of experienced this sport to believe otherwise is sheer stupidity
it did start out as a way to catch food originally, then is turned into a sport/rich person's hobby, today in america it is a conservation effort while in say britain it is a hobby, other parts of the world it is for blood sport. some maybe even in some it is still an effective way of hunting.
tradition........ with 4x4 and GPS........
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