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 ...
The saker falcon is an endangered species popular with falconers in eastern Europe, Central Asia and Arab states. After observing several attempts by poachers to capture the bird, Goren put in ...
Before releasing the birds into the wild, the specialists of the reserves developed flying skills for the wards in a special aviary, as well as taught them the skills of independent hunting. This year ...
For the volunteer watchers scanning southern Israel's wheatfields, protecting migratory falcons from poachers is a highly ...