Before he had finished, there was a flash and a roar from Turnpenny's saker just below. |
He is a hybrid white gyrsaker falcon, a breeding that combines the size of the Arctic gyrfalcon with the aggression of the saker. |
English colonists gave their artillery colorful names, such as falcon, saker, demiculverin, and culverin, to name a few. |
In former days the saker, the lanner and the Barbary or Tunisian falcon were also employed. |
The falcon used was the Cherug, or saker as she is known in Europe, and the method of training is interesting. |
The tiercel of the saker is more properly called a sakret, sakeret, or sackeret. |