Falcon Attack: Peregrine Divebombs Flock of Starlings

	Duration: 00:58 minutes Upload Time: 2006-12-01 16:14:08 User: greenkert
Tags: falcon | attack | flock | birds | Description: A Peregrine Falcon repeatedly divebombs a flock of starlings coming home to roost. Shot at dusk from the racetrack roof of the old FIAT factory in Torino Italy. Starlings roost in the center atrium of the building at night.
Comments
Sierrafox17  2008-02-19 00:29:11 yeah, i wonder if it could ever just plow into the crowd, and take whatever it hits...i guess that could injure the falcon though.... __________________________________________________
thinkofwhy  2008-02-09 16:49:09 Notice how the flock compresses just as the falcon attacks each time. This is the reason for flocking, to confuse the predator. The falcon cannot catch a bird if it can't focus on that bird. When the flock increases its density, the falcon loses focus on the single bird it was going to catch. It spherically compresses in unison. So how do the starlings on the opposite side of the attack know when to compress? __________________________________________________
nerdelicious5  2008-02-08 21:47:29 Cool! did he catch any? __________________________________________________
z31man  2008-01-21 22:34:26 cool beans, kinda freaky but that may have been the point, thy were sticking together to scare off that other bird. __________________________________________________
hames84  2008-01-14 06:09:53 yes ı can __________________________________________________