27 March 2020
Siem Reap: This was posted less than 1 hour ago by a Siem Reap expat on social media:

Reported
Hoping for speedy action.
- let's hope somebody is available right now.

but don't forget the realities
everybody is always stretched and there are so many similar situation
here's hoping..

What do Khmer people do with a falcon?
The Europeans and Middle Easterners have been using them for sport for thousands of years. I presume so have Asians.
Surely, they don't eat them and are trying to sell them to collectors?
At my place in Kansas, I have falcons and hawks and even bald eagles since ddt was banned.
a lesson learned that nearly wiped out birds of prey.
Nothing more majestic than to watch one soar on the hunt. I love to watch them.
Why is she labeled some kind of menace?
Perhaps, she is saving the species.
I am just curious.
I love owls especially, 4 different owls at my old place....you hear them more than see them.
packs of crows come during the day and attack their nests...I never cared for crows since I was a boy watching these assaults.
She has a cage of young falcons...So, did she raise them? find a nest and capture them?
interesting story for a change of pace.
Not far from my apartment...
Be wonderful to see them soar across the sky.

SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:32 pm Reported
Hoping for speedy action.
- let's hope somebody is available right now.

Dude should have bought them all and taken them to the cops.

^^^ $300 bucks for whole family
DO NOT BUY ever! Even for rescue, it feeds the market.
(well, that is best practice, but i have to admit to rescuing a few things myself, with cash.
too soft i am)

Look what the ****s have done to one of the adults claws

Non-crested Changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus limnaeetus)
is my best guess but we need @Hanno for a definitive ID
YooHoo Hannoooo

SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:39 pm ^^^ $300 bucks for whole family
DO NOT BUY ever! Even for rescue, it feeds the market.
(well, that is best practice, but i have to admit to rescuing a few things myself, with cash.
too soft i am)

Look what the ****s have done to one of the adults claws

Non-crested Changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus limnaeetus)
is my best guess but we need @Hanno for a definitive ID
YooHoo Hannoooo

My moneys on them being Eastern Marsh Harriers (Circus spilonotus) the paler bird in pic 1 is an adult male and the brown bird in pics 2&3 is an adult female. It looks like they managed to trap both adults at the nest site (they are ground nesters) and hoovered up the healthy sized clutch of nestlings to boot. I’ve a feeling the suspect foot is fine (raptors are prone to “clenching their fists” when alarmed / stressed and unable to flee) Harriers are not often used for falconry, I suspect they’re destined for an aviary or possibly the pot.

Very interesting ^^^ Hanging Chads.
We need a few more really knowledgable wildlife people posting this sort of hard info here.
(yes, that's a big hint, Chads)

No info back on the falcon yet, i'm hoping someone is waking up to a raid this morning.
It is probably not the biggest item on the agenda, there are tragedies like this all over the country - right now.
But here's hoping still....

I passed by this morning and she was still there at 9.20 a.m. Is this activity actually illegal? If not then nobody will do anything. I know nothing about birds but if the chicks are kept in a cage like that separated from their mother won't they die from starvation?