Bird of prey cam

[Steve1962]

.check this out .fantastic .......

 

http://mediacaffeine.com/perspectives/environmental/put-cameras-on-a-peregrine-falcon-and-a-goshawk-prepare-to-be-amazed/

 

Steve

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

WOW.

 

The flight through the woods was insane. Reminds me of the speeder bikes from Return of the Jedi (that was before I read the article ). Except with less clearance. And faster. And real.

 

They should call it a hoon-bird.

[VinnyR11]

Just amazing. Great stuff.

 

Fantastic how their tiny organic computers calculate this stuff.

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

Fantastic how their tiny organic computers calculate this stuff.

 

I wonder if having a small brain (1" across, versus ~6" for a human) speeds up the data processing. Afterall, if your brain is sending information back and forth, it takes less time to do so if the brain is physically smaller.

 

OTOH, I remember reading something years ago about a primatologist who was capturing gibbons or spider monkeys or something, and X-raying them. It seems a surprising percentage of these monkeys showed evidence of previously broken bones, proving that they don't always catch the branch they're aiming for. Likewise, as impressive as the video was, I wonder how often these birds accidentally splatter themselves against a tree trunk or a rock.

[Les is more]

I'm suddenly feeling very clumsy. Wonderful footage.

 

I was out birding in the woods one day, heard a swoosh and felt a feathery touch brush the back of my neck. As I involuntarily recoiled from this "attack" I saw a blur of a hawk disappear amongst the trees. Fantastic!

 

 

I must admit to the tiniest disappointment.

I thought this was going to footage of you being pursued by pheasant.

 

 

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

I must admit to the tiniest disappointment.

I thought this was going to footage of you being pursued by pheasant.

 

That would be the "prey of bird" cam.

[Steve1962]

I'm suddenly feeling very clumsy. Wonderful footage.

 

I was out birding in the woods one day, heard a swoosh and felt a feathery touch brush the back of my neck. As I involuntarily recoiled from this "attack" I saw a blur of a hawk disappear amongst the trees. Fantastic!

 

 

I must admit to the tiniest disappointment.

I thought this was going to footage of you being pursued by pheasant.

 

 

Lesley ,

The Pathfinder is laid up at the moment , following a horrendous crunching noise eminating from the clutch/gearbox area whilst I was riding home from work recently - I'm awaiting Andy s[ Boffin] return from holiday as he is going to check it out for me .

 

Thanks

Steve

[moshe_levy]

Incredible!

 

-MKL

[Dave McReynolds]

Likewise, as impressive as the video was, I wonder how often these birds accidentally splatter themselves against a tree trunk or a rock.

 

For some reason birds don't seem to judge the movement of motorcycles very well, as I'm sure many of you can attest. When I was riding, birds, including one hawk, struck my windscreen on several occasions.

[KTsRidin]

I've always loved watching birds and birds of prey in particular. That was awesome - thanks!

 

[rocks]

The Goshawk footage was awesome...

 

Interesting on the Peregrine when they're talking about the barrel roll and even a slight twist of the head would send the bird out of control.... wonder how long it took the bird to compensate for the camera strapped to it?