Falcon flying insect catcher

Hobbies are falcons which nest in England and head south to Africa for the winter. They are the fastest creatures in level motion that I have ever seen. They spend a lot of their 'spare time' lazily drifting around catching flying insects. The video is some shots taken near nesting sites in Warwickshire

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Pets & Animals

Tags:

• hobby
• hobbies
• falcon
• bird
• flight
• flying
• insects
• fast
• warwickshire
• hawk
• raptor
• falco
• subbuteo

[falcoperegrinus82]

Hobbies are beautiful birds.

[betacygni]

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

[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.

[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!

[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...

[lforsdyke]

or find something easier to catch and set them on that

[lforsdyke]

@GADDARTURK Keep em in a coop

[GADDARTURK]

How i can protect my pigeons from falcons or hawks?

[abumajedn]

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