The Reis Totem is an animal that you notice suddenly, but for a long time in nature. If you encounter the totem animal for a long time, you have one or more life lessons to learn, according to spiritual usage. Unlike the life totem animal that says more about who you are, the journey totem animal helps you on your spiritual path for a while. Lately I see and photograph a lot of larvals myself, flying one time, sitting in a tree or on a pole. Then again very close and then very far away, but the agreement is that they look at me or at least observe me in many cases.
What stands out directly at a tower falcon is their elegance and speed. Tower falcons look remarkably graceful, but also impressive, although they are certainly not big for a bird of prey, their hull is only an inch or thirty. Tower falcons are extremely agile, even at a speed of sixty kilometers per hour and can make a sudden turn in their movement, turn or dive to a mouse in the field. A tower falcon has very nice large jet black eyes with a bright yellow ring around it, which looks at you piercingly. You can count on them seeing you and probably already before you see them, when you don't approach them from behind. The sharpness with which they see and the distance they see is legendary.
Legendary is the right word to use in this power animal. The ancient civilization of the Egyptians already used images of the falcon as a symbol or emblem of majesty, grace, power and protection. This is how the sun god becomes Ra depicted with the head of a falcon and it is a sacred animal. But falcons also appear as noble signs in blazons and symbols of power. And so is the martial arts. It seems they only have one natural enemy that matters, the (frightened) weasel.
Tower falcons are convincing hunters because of the above skills. High in the sky they hang with fast moving wings, which is called prayer, and search the ground beneath them, looking for prey to feed themselves or their young. They are very focused, alert and see everything and with their innate perceptiveness and intelligence there is hardly any prey that escapes them. Moreover, they are not afraid, go straight to their goal, certain and determined.
The scientific name of the tower falco is falco tinnunculus can be translated as a small schelle. When you get it kié kié kié kié kié kié kié You know, I've heard cries from a rook falcon. The nice thing about a tower falcon for bird photographers is that they let themselves be well photographed because they sit still on a branch for a long time or hang in the air and sometimes even give you the idea that they take the time to pose for you. For pictures taken by me, see photo of course. en.
At this moment in my life, the tower falcon seems to me to be a very good travel companion and wise force animal, on my path to further spiritual development and awareness.
