@teddy821 Most likely hunting. He would probably be playing if his kill was already dead. They've been known to drop their dead prey, then dive bomb after it to catch it before it hits the ground.
The habit starlings, rooks and other birds have, of flying around in a tight flock is designed to confuse and intimidate predators. The scene outside my house resembled Hitchcock's film "The Birds" once, as a peregrine attempted to kill and butcher a rook on my neighbour's doorstep as the peregrine was mobbed by all the others. Their preferred method of hunting is to get one on it's own, so the rest don't interfere. That is what the falcon is trying to do here, by breaking up the flock.
@spyderz1303 That is their strategy, for sure. A very, VERY difficult strategy to execute and it requires sacrifice of self. How many birds were in that flock? ALL of them knew they could be the one that gets God slammed by the falcon. Yet, they all commit, for the greater good. And percetage wise, they're WAY ahead. These are some of the smartest birds on the planet.
@KostlyHow many birds were in that flock? Thousands and thousands of them. They blacken the sky!
They are as smart as primates! We had some balls of bird food in the garden, which the rooks started to go for, so I tied them on a piece of string about 18 inches long, so the rooks couldn't reach down and collar them.
I watched a rook reach down, get hold of the string, put his foot on the string when he had lifted it, reach down again and do the same till he got his food reward! Smart or what?
@spyderz1303 HAHAH That is awesome. We have a Starling pet. He was rescued from a fall from the nest after only days after being hatched. Thankfully, the young girl who found him/her (we're not really sure what gender it is) was smart enough to know how to find out how to take care of him/her if she didn't know already. We responded to her Craigslist ad and offered to adopt him/her. We named him/her "Ichiban" which means number 1 or "the best" in Japanese. You should hear him...
@spyderz1303 Great mimicry. He can say a few different phrases. He says his name, "Ichiban". He asks for you to "gimme kiss" and then follows that up with "Thank you". He can whistle like no other. LOL Whistles like a human. He's an absolute gift and quite a riot.
uqe video hermano, la verdad que esta demaciado bueno, lastima que dure tan poco y mi pregunta es, si alcanzo a cazar una paloma ya que el halcon estaba muy aferrado por una paloma...
To add, the peregrine looks like it did not "knock" any starlings "senseless" in this video. Notice how they tighten the group when they see the falcon approaching the flock.This is tactical. It gives the falcon a smaller but, denser target until just the right moment when the flock expands to evade. IF you ask me, they are toying with the falcon.Almost begging it to come at them. Peregrine are fast as hell, but, at those high speeds, they cannot manuveur as well as the individual starlings.
Starlings are smart birds. The peregrine is one of the fastest, if not the fastest. IF you think this is an easy get for the peregrine you just dont know Starlings. They fly like that for hours on end and know exactly what is going on in this scenario.
@Gold139 hehe i know man i breed rollers and highflyers i see this everyday front row seats.lol i just love when he is tryin and tryin but doens't get 1..
@jazzyfl1 Falcons don't "catch" birds in mid air. they knock them senseless in mid-air, then get them as they fall. Notice in the first hit at 0:02, feathers went flying and a couple started to fall. Don't worry, this falcon got its food.
@wardog1967 man u must have falcon eyes to see feathers in this video..and no bird was falling down they just seperated from the group..and don't tell me he doesn't catch them in mid air thats bull,, and if u do some research u ll find out just how low % is of falcon catchin racing pigeon.. i watch him hit my friends homers every day over and over,,and over 6 months period he is missing 3 birds after like 300 hits on them..
@jazzyfl1 - And if you properly read the video description, they are starlings and NOT homing pigeons, buddy. Starlings are nowhere near as quick in the sky as pigeons - and yes, they do swoop as the bird it hits falls. If you do your research, like I have in 20 years, you'll find they do.
@wardog1967 hey just my 2 cent here in the beginning the feathers as u put it after getting separated all the feathers return to the group if you look close. Oh but your right about them knocking there lights out and then they turn around to get what ever they knocked out. Pleas don't tell me to go do my research, i am a falconer.
@OlThAnacker When did I ever tell you to do your research? I was referring to another guy who said Falcons don't knock their prey senseless in mid air; I even provided him with another link to watch. I've been studying raptors for years. I'd rather take the word of a falconer than a racing pigeon breeder.
@OlThAnacker That's OK. No offence taken. Probably didn't get one on closer examination of the footage. But all I was doing was making a point about the way Peregrines hunt, not so much about whether it got one or how intelligent Starlings are, as some other guy below went to great pains to point out.
Kind of a survival tactic for the starlings in the fact that the perigrine is going to pick one that is not like the others. For example a slower one! It's mostly a flock of freaked out flock of birds all doing the same thing at the same time. That is trying not to be supper for a falcon. Falcons kill birds out of flocks like this all the time. Sometimes more than one in a single meal!
Just like @HackneyEquine below I immediately thought they hold together as a single entity just like a shoal of fish. Obviously, a survival tactic to confuse the hawk. Amazing shots! Well Done!
torino is the best city of the world.I suggest everybody to see it,...you might see divebombing falcons or ancient buildings...whatever..it s well worth a visit!
Was that just one falcon making repeated attempts? (well maybe there were several in a queue... ha-ha..? OK, dumb question) It didn't appear to succeed and proves the grouping strategy effective
i saw birds do that before, but it looked likke, you know finding nemo, the tide thingy? well it looked kinda like that, it was like a train on a train track, if one moved at that exact point... all the others would do it at that exact point. not in time, in space, like 50 m above ground and 25 to the left...or somethin like that...
you pigeon nutters are mental! peregrines eat pigeons.full stop.maybe you should try and teach the worlds peregrine population to start eating lentil dahl.or stop keeping pigeons!which one makes more sense? [because i know you dont make any]. plus,10 year olds should be playing scalextric.
If i'm not wrong, That peregrine was playing not chassing. If your listen carefully you can hear the US JET Fighter and if you look you can see the Barack.
The unity of these bird is what the army expect untill the dresser call back the bird for a much better treat...
One day, I made my peregrine myself...because it is my favorite bird of prey..she scares all kinds of birds like lapwings, starlings, crows and seagulls...never could a man before come that close to feel her flight...please click on my name and you can see what i mean...
man i would've loved to see that! love peregrines since i was really young and when i seen one up close i couldnt believe they were that small! beautiful birds, all birds are. (once we're gone the planet will still be here! life will survive in some form, hopefully they're smarter than us.)
Cool video. These birds are so filthy that even the cats won't eat them. We had a hawk fly into our barn and snatch a starling. Talk about a loud scream.....
I was in a bad mood, and a bit harsh on you the other day, I admit. I guess I meant that when people come to a vid like this, it's because they want to escape from news of killing and destruction and ugly for a little while.
Why do more people try to kill off the american starling poppulation? The starling has a great tendency to take over birds nests. All because some guy in New York in 1930 let loss 30 now the the cover most of The U.S
The Govt allows the states to poison them. We have to do it once or twice a year. The birds crap every 15 minutes and will lay waste to feedstock. They also spread diseases like cocidiosis.
great job on this video. no distracting commentary and you kept the birds in the center pretty well. I like to watch animal videos on youtube and this is one of the best amateur videos I've seen
I have a video that shows a few clips of a falcon hunting shorebirds and it looks very similar. The birds remind me of schools of fihs being hunted by larger predators.
actually they can indeed get injured. I work with falcons. Two while hunting managed to get stuck with a beak when hitting thier prey at high speeds. One of these also managed to break her tibia from hitting so hard. As well he have had simple sprains and the like. And yet another managed to break a wing when she struck a telephone line coming out of a stoop. Make no mistake they can and do get injured on occasion while stooping. the falcon with the broken wing took time but she can fly again
Notice how the flock compresses just as the falcon attacks each time. This is the reason for flocking, to confuse the predator. The falcon cannot catch a bird if it can't focus on that bird. When the flock increases its density, the falcon loses focus on the single bird it was going to catch. It spherically compresses in unison. So how do the starlings on the opposite side of the attack know when to compress?
LVXO-T Y! For, your response, to: /Playing v/ Hunting/. These, birds are magnificent-Creatures. I feed & observe my backyard Birds.
teddy821 7 hours ago
starlings need to be culled , just like chicks who have more than 2 children-even though they are stone cold addicts.....
canejo6 22 hours ago
IS: The Falcon hunting or playing?
teddy821 1 day ago
@teddy821 Most likely hunting. He would probably be playing if his kill was already dead. They've been known to drop their dead prey, then dive bomb after it to catch it before it hits the ground.
LoveValentineXO 17 hours ago
the only good starling is a dead starling... we need more falcons
ImSoOffended 2 months ago 2
Gradually lower and lower altitude the starling do, hoping the falcon crashes to death.
jjojjorge 2 months ago
I saw a similar starling attack by two falcons while driving south on I-5 north of Eugene Oregon. Very impressive!
f47lbx3 3 months ago
Falcons after a snack!
eyes2theskiesUK 4 months ago
looks like UFO
rampagggg 4 months ago
holy shit this is amazing
InsightVidya 5 months ago
Look at those aerobatics 0:40-0:43. Awesome creature.
Saw one in the midlands countryside last weekend circling, it dived out of sight and never reappeared.
Didn't cost a penny to see the action.
bertyUK 6 months ago
HEY! LEMME ALONE!!
ilovetogofast88 6 months ago
Is that the sound of a jet or the Peregrine?
tgc2j 6 months ago 2
SEE, people! Even birds can work in team...
jusk2ru 8 months ago
that's awesome, how do they fly without hitting each other?
eurasianchica 9 months ago
Epic! Two amazing bird phenomena at once :D
GerbilEssences 9 months ago
0:40 I like how it is attacking and you hear the engine from some airplane ahhahahahahahaha FIGHTER JET!
NasserHamedi 9 months ago
One question. Who's the leader? HAHAHAHAH
NasserHamedi 9 months ago
So cool! Plenty of starlings to go around :-)
KBurchfiel 9 months ago
They are Saruman's spy,be careful boy hide the ring well
MrInsanolun 10 months ago
@MrInsanolun Hehehe!
GerbilEssences 9 months ago
pow right in the kisser
makavelishaman 10 months ago
Good! I hope the peregrine killed them all. I fucking hate starlings
TokyoFreeze79 10 months ago
@TokyoFreeze79 Seriously? Why? Did they "encroach" on your farmland?
Kostly 10 months ago
Thank you for sharing!
WeBorn2DieAnyTime 1 year ago
The habit starlings, rooks and other birds have, of flying around in a tight flock is designed to confuse and intimidate predators. The scene outside my house resembled Hitchcock's film "The Birds" once, as a peregrine attempted to kill and butcher a rook on my neighbour's doorstep as the peregrine was mobbed by all the others. Their preferred method of hunting is to get one on it's own, so the rest don't interfere. That is what the falcon is trying to do here, by breaking up the flock.
spyderz1303 1 year ago
@spyderz1303 That is their strategy, for sure. A very, VERY difficult strategy to execute and it requires sacrifice of self. How many birds were in that flock? ALL of them knew they could be the one that gets God slammed by the falcon. Yet, they all commit, for the greater good. And percetage wise, they're WAY ahead. These are some of the smartest birds on the planet.
Kostly 10 months ago
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spyderz1303 10 months ago
@KostlyHow many birds were in that flock? Thousands and thousands of them. They blacken the sky!
They are as smart as primates! We had some balls of bird food in the garden, which the rooks started to go for, so I tied them on a piece of string about 18 inches long, so the rooks couldn't reach down and collar them.
I watched a rook reach down, get hold of the string, put his foot on the string when he had lifted it, reach down again and do the same till he got his food reward! Smart or what?
spyderz1303 10 months ago
@spyderz1303 HAHAH That is awesome. We have a Starling pet. He was rescued from a fall from the nest after only days after being hatched. Thankfully, the young girl who found him/her (we're not really sure what gender it is) was smart enough to know how to find out how to take care of him/her if she didn't know already. We responded to her Craigslist ad and offered to adopt him/her. We named him/her "Ichiban" which means number 1 or "the best" in Japanese. You should hear him...
Kostly 10 months ago
@spyderz1303 Great mimicry. He can say a few different phrases. He says his name, "Ichiban". He asks for you to "gimme kiss" and then follows that up with "Thank you". He can whistle like no other. LOL Whistles like a human. He's an absolute gift and quite a riot.
Kostly 10 months ago
I love how synchronised they all are. It looks like they're just one organism.
easyadventurer 1 year ago
@easyadventurer Consciousness is a beautiful thing.
Kostly 10 months ago
Run this video in a loop and it's hypnotizing.
MoonshineMethExpress 1 year ago
@MoonshineMethExpress LOL.....AGAIN, Consciousness is a beautiful thing.
Kostly 10 months ago
@Kostly, only if the weed is good.
MoonshineMethExpress 9 months ago
Falcon: "Fox Two!" *attacks bird*
cukooman7 1 year ago
good video...
youutoobe 1 year ago
It seems like a very smart defense for the flock to become more dense as the bird of prey is about to attack.
alwaysupononewheel 1 year ago
awesome! :)
morningdew00 1 year ago
uqe video hermano, la verdad que esta demaciado bueno, lastima que dure tan poco y mi pregunta es, si alcanzo a cazar una paloma ya que el halcon estaba muy aferrado por una paloma...
saludos....
raptors666 1 year ago
To add, the peregrine looks like it did not "knock" any starlings "senseless" in this video. Notice how they tighten the group when they see the falcon approaching the flock.This is tactical. It gives the falcon a smaller but, denser target until just the right moment when the flock expands to evade. IF you ask me, they are toying with the falcon.Almost begging it to come at them. Peregrine are fast as hell, but, at those high speeds, they cannot manuveur as well as the individual starlings.
Kostly 1 year ago
Starlings are smart birds. The peregrine is one of the fastest, if not the fastest. IF you think this is an easy get for the peregrine you just dont know Starlings. They fly like that for hours on end and know exactly what is going on in this scenario.
Kostly 1 year ago
This reminds me of a bird diving underwater to catch fish.
Amazing!
MrMikethc 1 year ago
Really cool how the starlings react to the incoming dive.
spagamoto 1 year ago
falcon sucks LOL that many birds he couldn't even catch 1
jazzyfl1 1 year ago
@jazzyfl1 with that many birds gathered the falcon couldnt aim at one particular bird, so the starlings had more chance to survive...
Gold139 1 year ago
@Gold139 hehe i know man i breed rollers and highflyers i see this everyday front row seats.lol i just love when he is tryin and tryin but doens't get 1..
jazzyfl1 1 year ago
@jazzyfl1 Falcons don't "catch" birds in mid air. they knock them senseless in mid-air, then get them as they fall. Notice in the first hit at 0:02, feathers went flying and a couple started to fall. Don't worry, this falcon got its food.
wardog1967 1 year ago
@wardog1967 man u must have falcon eyes to see feathers in this video..and no bird was falling down they just seperated from the group..and don't tell me he doesn't catch them in mid air thats bull,, and if u do some research u ll find out just how low % is of falcon catchin racing pigeon.. i watch him hit my friends homers every day over and over,,and over 6 months period he is missing 3 birds after like 300 hits on them..
jazzyfl1 1 year ago
@jazzyfl1 - And if you properly read the video description, they are starlings and NOT homing pigeons, buddy. Starlings are nowhere near as quick in the sky as pigeons - and yes, they do swoop as the bird it hits falls. If you do your research, like I have in 20 years, you'll find they do.
wardog1967 1 year ago
@jazzyfl1 ...and in case you need further tested evidence - watch this:
watch?v=j3mTPEuFcWk&feature=fvw
wardog1967 1 year ago
@jazzyfl1 ...and this...
watch?v=DeCf1kRVtA0&feature=related
wardog1967 1 year ago
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OlThAnacker 1 year ago
@wardog1967 hey just my 2 cent here in the beginning the feathers as u put it after getting separated all the feathers return to the group if you look close. Oh but your right about them knocking there lights out and then they turn around to get what ever they knocked out. Pleas don't tell me to go do my research, i am a falconer.
OlThAnacker 1 year ago
@OlThAnacker When did I ever tell you to do your research? I was referring to another guy who said Falcons don't knock their prey senseless in mid air; I even provided him with another link to watch. I've been studying raptors for years. I'd rather take the word of a falconer than a racing pigeon breeder.
wardog1967 1 year ago
@wardog1967 ok that came across rude. My apology, but whats your thought on the beginning there looks like he doesn't get one.
OlThAnacker 1 year ago
@OlThAnacker That's OK. No offence taken. Probably didn't get one on closer examination of the footage. But all I was doing was making a point about the way Peregrines hunt, not so much about whether it got one or how intelligent Starlings are, as some other guy below went to great pains to point out.
wardog1967 1 year ago
falcon pawnch
thejanitorssuccess 1 year ago 2
great video
mattevanswastaken 1 year ago
awesome
thatstrueyousay 1 year ago
The mic was on the camera but little background noise because I was on the old Fiat factory rooftop about 8 stories up
busybeemovies 1 year ago
Where's the microphone? You can hear the wings against the air when the falcon passes through the flock.
howtogetwell 1 year ago
impresionante
choucela 1 year ago
They look like a cartoon bee swarm for some reason.
calebumaga 1 year ago
remember you don't have to outfly the peregrine falcon, you just have to outfly your slowest starling buddy
Jakdakson 1 year ago
As a friend would say, That Falcon really denied them the airspace.
CatsLairArchives 1 year ago
I thought it was funny to hear a jet in the background.
BigBakaJ 1 year ago
Kind of a survival tactic for the starlings in the fact that the perigrine is going to pick one that is not like the others. For example a slower one! It's mostly a flock of freaked out flock of birds all doing the same thing at the same time. That is trying not to be supper for a falcon. Falcons kill birds out of flocks like this all the time. Sometimes more than one in a single meal!
ARK298 1 year ago
Starlings account for one third of all UFO sightings when I make up the stats.
Honestly search for starlings and watch them flock. They are flockers. UFO flockers
tmhurley3rdesq 1 year ago
nice, great vid. poetry in motion
foxy358 1 year ago
so starlings are the sardines of the sky?
apkleber 1 year ago
Split-s and hit the deck lol!
christosswc 1 year ago
that is NOT evolution. it is too beautiful to be created out of nothing, for nothing.
s12345343 1 year ago
Miraculously, a flock acts as one organism and there is a falcon remained empty hands, I was the most impressive 0:52
noblemansgarden 1 year ago
Just like @HackneyEquine below I immediately thought they hold together as a single entity just like a shoal of fish. Obviously, a survival tactic to confuse the hawk. Amazing shots! Well Done!
josiahBLOGS 1 year ago
torino is the best city of the world.I suggest everybody to see it,...you might see divebombing falcons or ancient buildings...whatever..it s well worth a visit!
Maratona1969 2 years ago
Faved, that was excellent, thanks.
TipoftheSlung 2 years ago
Amazing.. crazy animal!
Hindenpeter 2 years ago
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haha, dumbshit starlings get pwned by raptors
raptors>all other birds
LordArion201 2 years ago
Was that just one falcon making repeated attempts? (well maybe there were several in a queue... ha-ha..? OK, dumb question) It didn't appear to succeed and proves the grouping strategy effective
keltyk 2 years ago
pidgeons have way faster acceleration, therefore falcons can only get them from above when they are unaware
nessalk1 2 years ago
@nessalk1
thats not true mon ami
pidgeons only have faster acceleration when rising and that is only a particular kind of pigeon.
Even then it is only fast rising and if the falcon keeps up in the rise the bird is as good as dead.
Darkmessenger1000 2 years ago 2
@nessalk1 falcons are the fastest creatures on earth
Maratona1969 2 years ago
i bet that flock was like "wtf was that joe?...Joe?"
Darkmessenger1000 2 years ago 67
LMFAO, literally this made me laugh for over an hour. I kept thinking about it and would start laughing all over again.
JenoJen06 2 years ago
@Darkmessenger1000 wheres JOE?! JOOOOOOOEEEEEE!!!
wispers187 1 year ago
@Darkmessenger1000
star 1:incoming guys its joe!
star2 huh aaahhh *donk*
star 1 nooo steve everyone scatter (jet sound) eeeeeer! lol
POKEMONF2000 1 year ago
so good.
DevinWiles 2 years ago
flocks of starlings are surreal!
lexagon77 2 years ago
Sweet
aiwayamaha 2 years ago
Nice video !!!
mtseaoneloft 2 years ago
wow, gota luv raptors
likesbongsmoke 2 years ago 2
beautiful nature
johnmln 2 years ago
Amazing.
myheadphones2 2 years ago
that was cool
carsong 2 years ago
Looks like she got one at the end. It was mesmerizing watching the flock of starlings twist and bunch.
birdybirdforever 2 years ago
amazing
zeak2053 2 years ago
sure, its great to soar like an eagle. But weasels don't get sucked into jet engines
timbowindsor 2 years ago
Hmms... Variation of a John Benfield quote I believe?
GrahamChapman 2 years ago
timbowindsor: Of course they don't! Weasels get turned into roadkill instead.
ThInTrM 2 years ago
Cool video.
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago
i saw birds do that before, but it looked likke, you know finding nemo, the tide thingy? well it looked kinda like that, it was like a train on a train track, if one moved at that exact point... all the others would do it at that exact point. not in time, in space, like 50 m above ground and 25 to the left...or somethin like that...
Livster97 3 years ago
Yeeeee! Dat jank was sweet. Isn't the peregrine considered the fastest animal in the world? that's what I heard, or at least one of.
DexMichael 3 years ago
Yeh, fastest recorded ever is 250 mph apparently, but rumours say it can scratch over 300.
speccwolf 3 years ago
Looks like a black moving ball in air.
aguilonmontenegro 3 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO
i need someone smart to keep me entertained J1
DomSala 3 years ago
i love perigrines.i like it when they upset pigeon fanciers.
spazzpecker99 3 years ago
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kiezo12345 2 years ago
what do you expect! its what perigrines do!thats my point! it will teach the 10 year old about nature.
spazzpecker99 2 years ago
its kinda sad but its life rite
jakenow29 2 years ago 2
you pigeon nutters are mental! peregrines eat pigeons.full stop.maybe you should try and teach the worlds peregrine population to start eating lentil dahl.or stop keeping pigeons!which one makes more sense? [because i know you dont make any]. plus,10 year olds should be playing scalextric.
discotoaster 2 years ago
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kiezo12345 2 years ago
great video.
LEVYbrain 3 years ago
If i'm not wrong, That peregrine was playing not chassing. If your listen carefully you can hear the US JET Fighter and if you look you can see the Barack.
The unity of these bird is what the army expect untill the dresser call back the bird for a much better treat...
Just a though!
enyanet 3 years ago
Huh?
milosit 3 years ago 4
wtf are you talking about? you trying to be clever= EPIC FAIL.
thexdieselx3 3 years ago 2
This is a great example of a collective mind at work. Ants also do this... It's spectacular to see this performed in the air, thanks!
perv33 3 years ago 2
UAUUUUUU!
ptlofts 3 years ago
Amazing how the starlings manage to stay as one flock despite the succesive attacks. Fantastic video!
teisole 3 years ago
those aren't starlings they're ivory-billed woodpeckers
bfboobie 3 years ago
oha yani ona kadar kus ayıp valla
altankeskin 3 years ago
Impressive! Great video!
Yubi4 3 years ago 2
its like watching a school of fish in the sky
ramariel 3 years ago 3
242 miles per hour! fastest creature on earth by far.
BrainGuy45 3 years ago
Woah, that's intense!
xCYN116 3 years ago
Aren't Perigrines the fastst animal on Earth? I read they dive from miles up going 200 km an hour or something like that.
Firecloud500 3 years ago
beautiful natural scenery
marcdirector 3 years ago
One day, I made my peregrine myself...because it is my favorite bird of prey..she scares all kinds of birds like lapwings, starlings, crows and seagulls...never could a man before come that close to feel her flight...please click on my name and you can see what i mean...
bluefalconholland 3 years ago
man i would've loved to see that! love peregrines since i was really young and when i seen one up close i couldnt believe they were that small! beautiful birds, all birds are. (once we're gone the planet will still be here! life will survive in some form, hopefully they're smarter than us.)
stirling84 3 years ago
They move as one mind.
NWM11Bravo 3 years ago
Cool video. These birds are so filthy that even the cats won't eat them. We had a hawk fly into our barn and snatch a starling. Talk about a loud scream.....
cowman1970 3 years ago
Cowman, you're just a real "life of the party" aren't you? :-/
PersonaSemiGratis 3 years ago 2
What do you mean????
cowman1970 3 years ago 2
Anway, I like your profile. Very pretty if I might add. It's only a compliment :)
cowman1970 3 years ago 2
cowman - thank you, kind sir. :)
I was in a bad mood, and a bit harsh on you the other day, I admit. I guess I meant that when people come to a vid like this, it's because they want to escape from news of killing and destruction and ugly for a little while.
PersonaSemiGratis 3 years ago
You know what, I wonder if it was the climate have something to do with it.
Makgame 3 years ago
proof that God is a great artist!
davidbrucemusicvideo 3 years ago
Why do more people try to kill off the american starling poppulation? The starling has a great tendency to take over birds nests. All because some guy in New York in 1930 let loss 30 now the the cover most of The U.S
motorcyclehooligan69 3 years ago
The Govt allows the states to poison them. We have to do it once or twice a year. The birds crap every 15 minutes and will lay waste to feedstock. They also spread diseases like cocidiosis.
cowman1970 3 years ago
If falcons attack, then that belies the idea that one of the reasons for murmurations is to ward off birds of prey.
Interesting.
TurboDuck 3 years ago
those starlings, that falcon sucks at getting them.
eckosama 3 years ago
great job on this video. no distracting commentary and you kept the birds in the center pretty well. I like to watch animal videos on youtube and this is one of the best amateur videos I've seen
jordanbell 3 years ago 3
TRUE!
squanto2 3 years ago
That is incredible footage!
5burowz 3 years ago
Fabulous fortunate moment to catch these images.
Thanks, bro!!
mutterschied 3 years ago
cool vid
Seif5034 3 years ago
NICE POST
FS6863 3 years ago
you try nailing a pidgeon at upwards of 250mph
therealSirDONK 3 years ago
now that was good
dayo1075 3 years ago
that bird in my favorite. :D
cool
XIIF 3 years ago
I've been bored and watched a few jet fighter videos today, but this is much more exciting.
chopin741 3 years ago 4
I have a video that shows a few clips of a falcon hunting shorebirds and it looks very similar. The birds remind me of schools of fihs being hunted by larger predators.
caitlmac1 3 years ago 2
safety in numbers.
wingbatknickers 3 years ago 5
the peregrine never caught one but he got close.
he would never get injured while diving.
soccerman77777 3 years ago
actually they can indeed get injured. I work with falcons. Two while hunting managed to get stuck with a beak when hitting thier prey at high speeds. One of these also managed to break her tibia from hitting so hard. As well he have had simple sprains and the like. And yet another managed to break a wing when she struck a telephone line coming out of a stoop. Make no mistake they can and do get injured on occasion while stooping. the falcon with the broken wing took time but she can fly again
cptbfrank 3 years ago 4
yeah, i wonder if it could ever just plow into the crowd, and take whatever it hits...i guess that could injure the falcon though....
Sierrafox17 4 years ago
Notice how the flock compresses just as the falcon attacks each time. This is the reason for flocking, to confuse the predator. The falcon cannot catch a bird if it can't focus on that bird. When the flock increases its density, the falcon loses focus on the single bird it was going to catch. It spherically compresses in unison. So how do the starlings on the opposite side of the attack know when to compress?
thinkofwhy 4 years ago 8
Cool! did he catch any?
nerdelicious5 4 years ago
cool beans, kinda freaky but that may have been the point, thy were sticking together to scare off that other bird.
z31man 4 years ago
yes ı can
hames84 4 years ago
Is that noise the Falcon's jet engine? Mother Nature is really developing those birds of prey to protect them from extinction!
ultraflash 4 years ago 4
fantastic filming. Lovely example
katiafraser 4 years ago
jah bless..nice video
selassie73 4 years ago
are those birds pigeons?
BenCints 4 years ago
Read the title...
milvus17 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
im an animal exp[ert but never heard of starling
BenCints 4 years ago
not much of an expert then.
and pigeons do not fly in a group or with agility of those starlings which are grouping ready to nest for the night.
markandrach 4 years ago
wrong
my dads a pigeon racer and they do
hardly ever does the falcon catch a pigeon
one of our pigeons quickly landed and the falcon landed on a tree in my backyart about 1 metre away from me but i scared it away
Admira971 3 years ago
We have pigeons and we saw some hawks chasing them and only 12 out of the 14 ever made it back. :\
shootnfight 3 years ago
swans
r0nnie123 4 years ago
v=nevermind i found out what they were
BenCints 4 years ago
The fastest bird in the world? I though it was Kelly Homes Ha Ha
tomboyle1949 4 years ago
wow nice! and the starlings are like watch a really weird lava lamp.
mafrek 4 years ago
I've seen that sight in the sky when living in southern Ontario. Thanks for posting!
CarlLefrancois 4 years ago
very nice vid!
Marietjevierendertig 4 years ago
Peregrine Falcon is bird of prey is it not?
lemee70 4 years ago
yes, the fastest bird in the world
greenkert 4 years ago
EXCELLENT video, thanks!!
nathhowe 4 years ago
Ah fantastic, reminds me of when I've seen starlings like that, but with a falcon diving at them just beautiful to watch.
snowypetrel 4 years ago
its so cool how one little bird can make all the starlings fly inot each other in there desparation to get away. i love peregrines.
wolfo0205 4 years ago