Falcon flying insect catcher

[MaoSuratt911]

Good catch lil buddy !!!

[Anopholes1]

so nimble in the air. beautiful little falcon

[gowtham081]

falcon

[Drcrazypants23]

FALCON PUNCH!

[qzx55]

Show me ya moves!

[GADDARTURK]

thanx, but i have to let them fly to make excercies...

[GADDARTURK]

How i can protect my pigeons from falcons or hawks?

[lforsdyke]

@GADDARTURK Keep em in a coop

[lforsdyke]

or find something easier to catch and set them on that

[clorcs]

شكله صقر اصلي

[abumajedn]

لا هذا الطير نسميه قليميه ( جليمية ) وهو من فصيلة بغاث الطير والبواشق

[gnw1969]

u are

[falcoperegrinus82]

Hobbies are beautiful birds.

[betacygni]

Yup! (it's time I updated this video to a higher quality)

[Itachi0830]

seen it yesterday! lets chat

i liked this video :) 3C

[fanticpower]

i prefer merlins

[whimbrel88]

Were you shooting the video from a building? How did you get so close and seemingly from the same height? Fantastic video.

[betacygni]

Thanks, but I was on the ground using very long lenses.

[daz636]

great stuff!

[marshanmanhunter]

that is definitely an immature hobby

[unicinctus]

you couldnt be more wrong if you tried lol thats an adult.

[marshanmanhunter]

uh u can tell its an immy hobby because it has long stripes on its chest!!!

[unicinctus]

jsut looked at the clip again. its not one bird. the stripes are on immature AND adult plumage.the difference between the two is the contrast. the adult is almost black on almost white which goes right up to the birds cheeks and it has a plain dark back and head which you can see very clearly in the first few seconds of the clip.the immature plumage is a dark browny stripe on a lighter brown and has a barred tail, which the bird that catched the insect clearly has. were are both right lol

[marshanmanhunter]

ohhh i see....i looked at it again just a while ago...ur rite about the adult

[Birdman100000]

the falcon probably said "yoink!"

[nobabiesforyou]

such a cute hobby

[scrappyrusski]

lol love the way they stick out their um ..feet like a landing gear neat

i heard they aren't that good walking on the flat grounds coz of it's um...nails

sry 4 my english don't know the proper terms

[UTubeAccount41]

Tremendous photography of this beautiful falcon. Well done

[CurtisNJonesboro]

Mike Vick was a faster falcon than this one.  Can you help free Mike Vick?

[jonno52]

What wonderful footage. Only time I saw them that well was in 1989 at Little Paxton GP, when there were 2 in the sky at dusk with a male Red-footed Falcon, all catching dragonflies. Unforgettable. Thank you for posting this.

[johnbirdman14]

wow hobby falcons a very rare bird these days im 14 and i love british birds. i aways got them mixed up with peregrine falcons but now i can see the driffence. any more hobby falcons videos on the internet i would like to know

[betacygni]

If you search Google videos for: hobby falcon you will see 20 or 30 listed, but some of these are of helicopters or planes. BTW, peregrines sometimes catch insects so don't assume it's a hobby if it grabs a daddy-long-legs!

[goshawkrst]

In falconry they are misunderstood, and very few peoples fly one and few breed them.

Fast flyiers indeed !

[goshawkrst]

Does someone fly them in falconry? They are very close to Aplomado Falcons ( falco femoralis ). Best regards!

[betacygni]

I think they used to be flown - but probably not these days because their prey when feeding their young (apart from insects) is small birds

[leonzelda]

whos the fastest bird?

[betacygni]

The peregrine falcon is usually said to be the fastest flyer, particularly if you include diving. Some say various species of swift are fastest in level flight. My own observations in the UK are that the hobby falcon is the fastest thing I have ever seen in level flight - and that includes peregrines. The hobby's combination of long slender wings (which it angles back when flapping at high speed) and body shape make it pretty close to aerodynamic perfection.

[mikethebike7]

almost all birds fly at the same general speed in level flight. A homing pigeon can outfly a falcon in level flight, and if both birds start from the ground, the pigeon will very easily outdistance the falcon. Falcons are fast though, and dive at unbelieveable speeds. Mike.

[betacygni]

Having seen a crow laboring to stay behind a barely-cruising hobby for about a half a minute, only for the hobby to then leave the crow standing with a few flicks of its wings, I can't agree that all birds have the same level-flight speed. The hobby is simply aerodynamically ideal for fast flapping flight (pigeons are pretty useful too).

[mikethebike7]

I agree, a crow would be an example of a bird that can not outfly a falcon in level flight. Most of the faster birds can, however, at least keep up with a falcon in an equal, level flight contest. Having said that, I must add that I have never seen pigeons show any kind of fear towards other raptors as they display at the appearance of a falcon.Mike.

[jostar37]

Hi betacygni.

Fantastic video footage, I spent lazy summer days last year watching them at Brandon. Was this recorded at the same place?

[betacygni]

Hi jostar. No, not at Brandon, but at a number of places in the central Warwickshire area - so not too far away.

[KimInChains]

wow

[shaheenstoop]

great is it a peregrine

[betacygni]

It's called a hobby (scientific name falco subbuteo) - a bit smaller than a peregrine

[jimmyjumbo2006]

Another stunning video!

Thanks for posting.

jimmy