PEREGRINE FALCON STRIKES DUCK MIDAIR

Published on May 7, 2013

Peregrine Falcon Kills Duck Midair. Falconry is the age old practice of hunting with raptors. Sheldon Nicolle is an enthusiast of the sport who came up with a nifty trick to give us all a bird's eye view of the action. He has fastened a small light weight camera to the back of his peregrine falcon, Dora. On the hunt, we see Dora successfully kill a duck.

PEREGRINE FALCON STRIKES DUCK MIDAIR

Published on May 7, 2013

Peregrine Falcon Kills Duck Midair. Falconry is the age old practice of hunting with raptors. Sheldon Nicolle is an enthusiast of the sport who came up with a nifty trick to give us all a bird's eye view of the action. He has fastened a small light weight camera to the back of his peregrine falcon, Dora. On the hunt, we see Dora successfully kill a duck.

Peregrine Falcon | Planet Doc Express

Published on Jan 23, 2015

The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on planet Earth. In dizzying chases that exceed 300km/h the falcon literally sweeps its prey out of the skies.
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At three years old, weighing just over half a kilo, this male peregrine falcon is all ready a deadly hunter.
Nothing goes unnoticed by the extraordinary eyesight of this “heavenly peregrine”, which takes full advantage of any open space.
Birds on the wing become the object of its well-planned aerial ambushes.
It usually attacks from a great height, diving vertically at vertiginous speeds.
But on this occasion, it has detected a target on its perch, so flies low and out of view, picking up speed without betraying its presence until as close as possible.
With a cruising speed of over 100km/h, any victim that senses danger and tries to escape will do so too late: a final sprint, and the pigeon is taken with no resistance.