1969912 0 #1 May 4, 2013 Starts around 2:45ish. Falcon doesn't mess around. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XNL9F2Urqs "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #2 May 4, 2013 Now THAT was a SWOOP!! "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #4 May 4, 2013 Quote Now THAT was a SWOOP!! Many years ago on a nice sunny spring day I was taking my 36' sloop down to the mouth of the Columbia River from Portland. As I was nearing the Longview WA to Rainier, OR bridge I watched a peregrine falcon obliterate a pigeon in mid air right under the bridge as the pigeon flew out from under the bridge. I had been watching the falcon circle up above the bridge and I saw it stoop over into a speed dive that I could love and when it hit the pigeon there was an explosion of feathers. Both of them continued downward for another hundred feet till the peregrine managed to begin gaining altitude with the pigeon dinner back to the nest up on the bridge. Memorable sight and sounds I will never forget. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #5 May 4, 2013 It'd be cool to see some data on velocity and g forces, etc. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 60 #6 May 4, 2013 Wow! Makes me wonder how my two and a half pound cat ever managed to kill a red-tailed hawk! She also managed to survive a rattlesnake bite. She would attack anything! Her name was Sid. Sid Vicious. lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #7 May 4, 2013 Years ago I was walking between buildings at work and noticed something move like lightning out of the corner of my eye. A falcon dive-bombed a pigeon that was strutting around on the ground. I walked over to a line of shrubs on the other side from the falcon and peeked through. There it was, feasting on a mass of bloody pulp and feathers. It cocked its head to look at me for a sec, then went back to eating. It was great!"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #8 May 4, 2013 Quote It cocked its head to look at me for a sec, then went back to eating. It was great! It was considering whether you looked tastier than the pigeon."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #9 May 4, 2013 Quote Quote It cocked its head to look at me for a sec, then went back to eating. It was great! It was considering whether you looked tastier than the pigeon. Actually it probably told him to fuck off.. the pigeon was mine.... but Billy didn't hear him Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 60 #10 May 5, 2013 lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #11 May 6, 2013 Quote Quote Quote It cocked its head to look at me for a sec, then went back to eating. It was great! It was considering whether you looked tastier than the pigeon. Actually it probably told him to fuck off.. the pigeon was mine.... but Billy didn't hear him ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
