The peregrine falcon belongs to the genus Falco, which is characterized by long pointed wings. Peregrine falcons are birds of few words; they are generally silent but sometimes make a rasping ...
A female saker falcon guards her chicks—called eyases—in their nest overlooking the Mongolian plain. Genghis Khan is said to have kept hundreds of the birds for hunting. Today sakers are ...
In specially protected natural territories of Russia, they have been protecting and restoring the number of saker falcons and bustards for many years. Both birds are included in the Red Book of Russia ...
Netting which trapped several peregrine falcons on a university building, leaving three dead and two having to be rescued, has been taken down. The first dead bird was found on the University of ...