Saker Falcon by danob
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Description
The Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) is a large falcon. This species breeds from eastern Europe eastwards across Asia to Manchuria. It is mainly migratory except in the southernmost parts of its range, wintering in Ethiopia, the Arabian peninsula, northern India and western China. Its male is called a sakret.
It is a bird of open grassland with some trees. It lays 3-6 eggs on the ground or in an old stick nest in a tree. Both sexes incubate for about 28 days.
The Saker Falcon is a very large falcon, almost as large as Gyr Falcon at 47-55cm length with a wingspan of 105-129cm. Its broad blunt wings give it a silhouette similar to Gyr, but its plumage is more similar to a Lanner Falcon's. It usually hunts by horizontal pursuit, rather than the Peregrine's stoop from a height, and takes mainly rodents with some birds. It can Dive at 200mph
Thanks for taking time to look and any comments, and apologies for not being around over the last 3-4 days due to having to find another ISP... Good to be back and hope to catch up with all the wonderful images I missed
Comments (32)
Littlejock
a right focused captured on fly?.. OMG Very rare to see this type of captures, My congratulations. Great work.. and nice to see you back again here. Hugs
lior
Breath Taking Image!
amberlite
dive! dive! dive! and if a rodent, take cover! glad you found your way back, sure the seagull is too :)
marybelgium
fabuleux !!!!
kurtsart
What a fantastic action shot!
sazzyazzca
I'm always in awe of this kind of action capture. Thanks for the info on this species as well. :)
Hendesse
Outstanding capture of this falcon in flight. Excellent and very impressive shot. Bravo!!!
mhyrdin
That's a spectacular shot ! Congratulations !
Punaguy
Nice shot on the fly Dan, excellent results and very informative~ Aloha~
Loloe
Stunning capture!!!! Bravo!!!!
mark.spooner
Excellent work beautiful subject!
RedundantlyAbundant
wicked action dan!
RodolfoCiminelli
Fantastic shot and splendid photo my friend.....!!!!
Cosme..D..Churruca
Amazing Danny !
Thelby
An Excellent Snap!!!
Squid123
I hope that you were not the one that he was aiming at. Fantastic photo.
newleaf
A real stunner!
vlaaitje
gorgeous details.....like the claws.....glad you are back.....
busi2ness
Excellent clarity on the head and eye and a lot of animation on the rest of the body. Well captured! Good luck with the ISP Danny!
CavalierLady
Magnificent flight capture! The detail of the claws is stunning!
stuart83
Great motion capture, such powerful looking display, good to see you back Stuart
bpclarke
Fantastic capture! Excellent image. Bunny
kjpweb
Woah - eyes are immediately drawn to these claws. Bravo!
kimariehere
such a magnificent capture 1!! one to be proud of!!
1010
Terrific action and one awesome photo!
monjo71
Awesome captue Danny.... I love it! John
tommorules
200MPH ? Yikes. Freefall is only what, 110MPH? Superb shot!
iaacf
Thanks for this stunning picture and your extended information. It keeps being great to look at those pics.
wildgoha
WOH you are amazing - your job is fantastic - ONLY WOW AND WOW
Garlor
great way to catch up, splendid images that you are posting thanks