Beautiful Bonding of Mongolian Eagle Keepers and their Birds by Daniel Kordan

Mongolian nomads are famous for their Falconry that is hunting wild animals with the help of trained bird of prey.  The Mongolians mostly used golden eagles as their animal of prey. Weatern Mongolia's Altai region has around 300 eagle hunters, they live in steppe and hunt small hares and foxes and lead a traditional nomad life.  Photographer Daniel Kordan of Moscow recently toured around the region and captured the beauty of eagle hunters and their birds.  This region is famous for it's annual Berkutchi festival in the month of September and is a tourist attraction.  Eagles are hard to train and manage and through his photograph Daniel Kordan has picturised the power and talent of the trainer and the bird.  Here are a few stunning photographs of Mongolian Eagle keepers and their birds for you to explore.