Saker Falcon Variations

[Choctalpur]

Originally Posted by Pavel Yakimov

Indeed, JJC! I agree.
Recently I got some new info uploaded in relation to sakers. Man there are people who claim breeding sakers and they are either crazy or perfect liars. "China" (snow white) sakers...?!?!?!? Come on....!!!!! I got mad!

For your previous post, yes the structure of the saker is the important detail too I think. Also I think that some specialists could well differentiate the flight it self too. Wing-beats frequency, angle etc.

Regards

Hehehehhe ! China snowhite saker ? sounds like a washing powder.

On a serious note, my mentor says that saker color or variation is only aesthetic, and has nothing to do with the bird's capabilities. The ugliest (beauty lies in the eyes of beholder) falcon can produce magnificent maneuvers up there in the heavens, whereas the prettiest of em all could sit all day like a king doing nothing but blowing flies off its beak.

Atb. Choc.

[PeelsBells]

A couple of pictures of sakers I have bred this season, nice form and colour very pleased with them.

These are pictures of a male sakeret which I lucky enough to bring in this season to go with a female which I kept back last season. Hopefully he will put more size into the young.

[Plug]

Very beautiful bird Andy. I will like to see the back from them!

[Jak]

Very nice Andy!

[PeelsBells]

From the back

From the side

The pictures are of two different tiercels

[JJC]

Awesome birds. Nice feather quality. One of the chicks looks really red like those sakers from Irán and that area. Do you know were the parents of your birds come from ?

[Sonya Karmen]

From Tibet

[Sonya Karmen]

From eastern Mongolia

[EagleMan]

Adult saker falcon recently photographed in Romania

[BarneyAndMonty]

an interesting link to the different subspecies.

http://www.birds.kz/v2taxon.php?l=en&s=124

And a piccie of my female.