Researchers strapped a camera to a falcon to study its hunting habits. The results are INSANE.

[WilliamPitt]

Wow.

[In_The_Wind]

1. Birds are so cool!

[pinboy3niner]

2. Indeed

[In_The_Wind]

3. Think about it ...

They are always around.


Sometimes playful


Very brave



They're instigators!

[WilliamPitt]

5. That last gif is gold.

[In_The_Wind]

7. It reminds me of some of our DUers.

And ... I'm just in that kind of a mood today.

[pinboy3niner]

8. Yeah--but we know the puppy gif is more your style :)

[In_The_Wind]

9. *shuffling my feet*

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*grumble* *grumble* *grumble*

no? darn!

[hunter]

4. Crows and ravens hate the falcons, hawks, kites, owls, and eagles around here.

Whenever I hear a big fuss among them, this is usually why.



Our resident ravens were really pissed off when this guy showed up and they chased him deep into an almond tree.

I didn't hang around until he left but I did find a few of his feathers on the ground after, so I reckon he did not escape unscathed and will not be coming back for more.

[rocktivity]

6. And now for something completely different

This time, the camera is strapped to the prey:

and if you need proof that nature really does abhor a vacuum:

rocktivity

[valerief]

10. Wow, that second one was sooooo crazy. nt

[rocktivity]

13. The mouse would have and SHOULD have ended up dying in a trap

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if it hadn't been released. The guy shouldn't think of himself as a terrible person -- while he didn't exactly help the mouse, it did need to be removed from its indoor environment, and he DID help the hawk. So technically, he did come out ahead on the deal.


rocktivity

[Kingofalldems]

11. I did not know hawks would eat a crow.

[hopemountain]

12. it was my understanding hawks and crows

are more territorial than being interested in consuming one another. i've seen hawks chase off eagles, too.

[hibbing]

14. Frontal assault

Hey William,
That was awesome, thanks for posting. That frontal assault one was just wicked. Some of the others were like watching films of dogfights, cool stuff.

Peace

[noamnety]

15. It would suck to be a bird

with motion sickness.

[pink-o]

16. Birds are the biggest argument against humans being the superior species.

Those Avians have survival skills over very other animal on the planet.

1) They're omnivores. So much so that they can eat each other. They're never without a food supply.

2). They're smart. They have a brain capacity that equals many primates.

3). They can fucking FLY, Bitches!!!!! God obviously loves them more cuz he gave them the wings.

Or...they evolved from an older species and the strongest and the smartest survived. Duh.

Watching birds puts the whole idea of "intelligent design" to bed forever.