Raising and training falcons in captivity can help conserve these beloved symbols of the Arabian Peninsula. A female saker falcon guards her chicks—called eyases—in their nest overlooking the ...

Falcons and hawks are common birds of prey that share the skies in North America and far beyond. ... five are vulnerable, and two are endangered—the Mauritius kestrel and saker falcon.

On the territory of the Khakass Nature Reserve, the first group of red book falcons bred in a special nursery was released into the wild. In total, in the near future, fifty rare falcons will be ...

The especially lucrative black market for falcons smuggled via Jordan and Egypt to the Gulf encourages the illegal trade, he added. "Saker falcons and peregrine falcons are easily sold for 50,000 or ...