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Taipan wrote: Mon May 06, 2024 7:36 pm The peregrine is renowned for its speed. It can reach over 320 km/h (200 mph) during its characteristic hunting stoop (high-speed dive), making it the fastest member of the animal kingdom. According to a National Geographic TV program, the highest measured speed of a peregrine falcon is 389 km/h (242 mph).

Buckaroo wrote: Mon May 06, 2024 10:41 pm If you move towards a wall halving the distance for each move, you will never actually get to the wall. You're always only 50% closer than the prior position

Ian wrote: Tue May 07, 2024 4:15 pm

Taipan wrote: Mon May 06, 2024 7:36 pm The peregrine is renowned for its speed. It can reach over 320 km/h (200 mph) during its characteristic hunting stoop (high-speed dive), making it the fastest member of the animal kingdom. According to a National Geographic TV program, the highest measured speed of a peregrine falcon is 389 km/h (242 mph).

I met a guy training a Perigrine on the park. He let it sit on my arm and it was very light but he said it had broken his wrist twice just from the sheer speed

(I cant remember the full story but his ownership was legal, registered etc.)

Rockburner wrote: Tue May 07, 2024 6:19 pm Having said that i think their normal flight is pretty rapid.

Rockburner wrote: Tue May 07, 2024 6:19 pm Eh? Was he having it attack something in his hand? They only fly at very high speed when they're attacking. Having said that i think their normal flight is pretty rapid.

Rockburner wrote: Tue May 07, 2024 6:19 pm Eh? Was he having it attack something in his hand? They only fly at very high speed when they're attacking. Having said that i think their normal flight is pretty rapid.

Horse wrote: Tue May 07, 2024 6:36 pm And can be loud too!

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 7:31 am The Japanese name for a Peregrine Falcon is.....Hyabusa.

Suzuki owners love to point out that Hyabusas hunt Blackbirds, but loads of fast stuff in Japan is called Hyabusa. Just like there are loads of 'Eagle' or 'Falcon' things in Europe and America.

Potter wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 11:22 am We have a Sparrowhawk that feeds in our garden sometimes, I posted a picture of it here a while ago, Mrs Potter feeds the birds twice a day with mealworms and other stuff she buys for them, so she's created a perfect environment for the Sparrowhawk to nip down occasionally and grab a Blackbird.

We also have a Barn Owl that hangs around but I've only seen it once, other people from the village seem to manage to get pictures of him all the time but I seem to miss him, we've got a massive Oak tree in the garden and the bigger birds like that, but the owl doesn't, he's more likely to be seen on a fence post along the road somewhere just sitting there not giving a hoot (:lol: ).

Rockburner wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 2:09 pm

Potter wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 11:22 am We have a Sparrowhawk that feeds in our garden sometimes, I posted a picture of it here a while ago, Mrs Potter feeds the birds twice a day with mealworms and other stuff she buys for them, so she's created a perfect environment for the Sparrowhawk to nip down occasionally and grab a Blackbird.

We also have a Barn Owl that hangs around but I've only seen it once, other people from the village seem to manage to get pictures of him all the time but I seem to miss him, we've got a massive Oak tree in the garden and the bigger birds like that, but the owl doesn't, he's more likely to be seen on a fence post along the road somewhere just sitting there not giving a hoot (:lol: ).

We've had a sparrow hawk here - but didn't see it last year (although there was a few days of unaccountable silences in the garden).

We have a Barn owl who patrols the field and we often see it at dusk. I do love seeing all the wildlife around here - we had 7 Buzzards circling something just this morning.

Count Steer wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 2:15 pm

Rockburner wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 2:09 pm

Potter wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 11:22 am We have a Sparrowhawk that feeds in our garden sometimes, I posted a picture of it here a while ago, Mrs Potter feeds the birds twice a day with mealworms and other stuff she buys for them, so she's created a perfect environment for the Sparrowhawk to nip down occasionally and grab a Blackbird.

We also have a Barn Owl that hangs around but I've only seen it once, other people from the village seem to manage to get pictures of him all the time but I seem to miss him, we've got a massive Oak tree in the garden and the bigger birds like that, but the owl doesn't, he's more likely to be seen on a fence post along the road somewhere just sitting there not giving a hoot (:lol: ).

We've had a sparrow hawk here - but didn't see it last year (although there was a few days of unaccountable silences in the garden).

We have a Barn owl who patrols the field and we often see it at dusk. I do love seeing all the wildlife around here - we had 7 Buzzards circling something just this morning.

Hopefully the rotting corpses of the s that stole your Puch.

We had a sparrow hawk that used to take birds off the feeder. I found it on the lawn one day with a blue tit under foot. It looked at me as much as if to say 'You want my lunch? C'mon if you think yer 'ard enough'.

(I took the feeder down, it was getting like a fly-thru McDonalds).

Potter wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 7:25 am It may be possible for a bird of that size to impact with enough force to break his wrist if it’s travelling fast enough, I’d have to figure the maths out, but the bird would almost certainly come off worse in an exchange of energy of that nature with something bigger and heavier than itself. I’ve heard stories of them severely hurting themselves when hitting prey, so hitting a blokes arm with enough force to break it will surely injure the falcon also?

Ian wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 2:25 pm
everyone knows they break your arm

KungFooBob wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 2:49 pm Wasn't there an urban myth that went along with the arm breaking thing that a Pike could kill a Swan, or did I dream that?

Rockburner wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 2:20 pm

Count Steer wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 2:15 pm
Hopefully the rotting corpses of the s that stole your Puch.

We had a sparrow hawk that used to take birds off the feeder. I found it on the lawn one day with a blue tit under foot. It looked at me as much as if to say 'You want my lunch? C'mon if you think yer 'ard enough'.

(I took the feeder down, it was getting like a fly-thru McDonalds).

I wish..



I think the trick with the bird feeders is to make sure they're under the branches, so the hawk doesn't have an easy attack vector (or keep them out in the clear: depends on which bird you want to feed really.... )

KungFooBob wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 2:49 pm Wasn't there an urban myth that went along with the arm breaking thing that a Pike could kill a Swan, or did I dream that?

Rockburner wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 2:09 pm

Potter wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 11:22 am We have a Sparrowhawk that feeds in our garden sometimes, I posted a picture of it here a while ago, Mrs Potter feeds the birds twice a day with mealworms and other stuff she buys for them, so she's created a perfect environment for the Sparrowhawk to nip down occasionally and grab a Blackbird.

We also have a Barn Owl that hangs around but I've only seen it once, other people from the village seem to manage to get pictures of him all the time but I seem to miss him, we've got a massive Oak tree in the garden and the bigger birds like that, but the owl doesn't, he's more likely to be seen on a fence post along the road somewhere just sitting there not giving a hoot (:lol: ).

We've had a sparrow hawk here - but didn't see it last year (although there was a few days of unaccountable silences in the garden).

We have a Barn owl who patrols the field and we often see it at dusk. I do love seeing all the wildlife around here - we had 7 Buzzards circling something just this morning.

v8-powered wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 3:39 pm

We have an owl of some description that loiters around our place - excuse the shite image but was getting a bit dark!

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