Camera Mounted On A Falcon's Back. Falcon Takes Out Duck

[thej27]

LiveLeak.com - Peregrine whacks duck, shot from the Peregrine's back-cam
Incredible footage. Happens at about 2 minutes 30 seconds into the video.
Its a Peregrine Falcon they hit 200mph when they dive to attack.
Peregrine Falcon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Turn Key]

Cool video thej27...


TK

 

[92LX]

Dude that was awesome footage.

The roll-over and dive was amazing.

 

[DragonGunner]

Too cool!!!!!!

 

[shooter521]

I've said it before... raptors are nature's fighter jets.

BOOM. Good kill!

 

[Dead Duck]

bu.....n....ti.....uh...eh........

 

[RedneckReject]

bu.....n....ti.....uh...eh........

You're not supposed to be talking. I just saw you get killed.

 

[pinshooter45]

Wouldn't you just LOVE to be the Falcon for those few minutes?

 

[Titanium_Frost]

That thing sounded like an F16 when it dove holeecow! I have been lucky enough to see several falcon strikes in Evansville, mostly downtown where the taller buildings and disgusting pigeons are.

It looks like a grey bolt of lightning and a cloud of feathers.

 

[Black Cloud]

Fantastic to watch! Thanks, man!

 

[Dirtebiker]

Can anyone make it so I can see the video on my iPad?

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

My brother out in Portland was watching his cat mouse a squirrel in the backyard, when FLASH! Falcon or hawk or something, too fast to identify, the squirrel just disappeared. He considered himself fortunate it wasn't the cat, but the cat was confused enough.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

I just saw a falcon yesterday when I was coming home from church, I don't think it was a peregrine though. Definitely not a red-tail.

 

[Hammerhead]

Can anyone make it so I can see the video on my iPad?

Click the top of the box where the link to the video is. Normally a click-through will show the video.

 

[Dirtebiker]

Thanks Hammerhead!

Very cool!

 

[Dirtebiker]

At the very end of the video, it looks like the guy has a leash.
Was the duck on a leash? Does that explain why they were so close to the kill?

 

[patience0830]

At the very end of the video, it looks like the guy has a leash.
Was the duck on a leash? Does that explain why they were so close to the kill?

long leash. duck was 40 feet above the pond when the falcon hit it. That was aay cool.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

At the very end of the video, it looks like the guy has a leash.
Was the duck on a leash? Does that explain why they were so close to the kill?

They were probably falconers- people who hunt with falcons and other raptors like hawks. The leash would be for the falcon, not the duck.

 

[Mackey]

Awesome.

Sometimes you're the windshield
sometimes you're the bug
Sometimes you're the Louisville Slugger
and sometimes you're the ball ...
Sometimes you're the Peregrine falcon
sometimes you're the duck

 

[Spazzmodicus]

Anybody noticed that there seems to be a lot more birds of prey sitting around in trees, compared to years ago? I have a lot of windshield time with my job sometimes, between Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and NY. I see a lot of Hawks and other birds of prey, and it seems like I see a lot more than when I was a kid.