Birds And Dogs

[Darrell]

This is a post over at Querencia, about falconry, hunting birds and dogs working together, and more:

http://stephenbodio.blogspot.com/2012/0 ... utube.html

This is one particularly striking video, of falcons, hawks and eagles pillaging flocks of ducks, and occasionally fighting each other. All set to AC/DC:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-FZdIrK ... re=related

This kicks ass. Some of the strikes are amazing, like the ducks had been poleaxed!

[JKosprey]

Great videos! Thanks for posting! The eagles were particularly interesting to me-they're really not generally duck hunters around the Hudson Valley at least.

I once watched a 90 gram kestrel take a pigeon that was over 200 grams. I don't think the pigeon really even understood what was happening to it, none of us expected the k-bird to be that ballsy either. The gyr vs. goose was far more impressive though.

When/if I am able to get my falconers license again, I'll be sure to post about it.

[Darrell]

It's amazing how much energy a (generally much smaller) falcon can impart to the back of a duck's head. It looks like someone snuck up behind the duck and hit it with a baseball hat.

[308Mike]

I'd never seen that many mallards in one place before. He's got some great footage!