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Title: falcon HEAD cam reveals hunting strategy
Post by: dale on 04-Jun-14, 12:46:11 AM
Has this been posted already? I couldn't find it.

"This crow is flying for its life... as a pair falcons home in for the kill. The chase was captured on video by a tiny camera mounted on the head of one of the falcons. Within seconds the crow is caught in midair and dragged to the ground. The falcon cam video is part of research project conducted by Suzanne Amador Kane. She wanted to study the physics behind how these predators hunt so efficiently. She enlisted the help of falconers around the world who were willing to attach tiny head and back-mounted cameras to their birds as they hunted..."

video:
http://www.reuters.com/video/2014/01/15/falcon-cam-reveals-raptor-attack-strateg?videoId=276444972&videoChannel=1000 (http://www.reuters.com/video/2014/01/15/falcon-cam-reveals-raptor-attack-strateg?videoId=276444972&videoChannel=1000)



Title: Re: falcon HEAD cam reveals hunting strategy
Post by: Shaky on 04-Jun-14, 06:56:42 AM
It looks familiar. It's a repackaged version of this video you posted in January.

http://rfalconcam.com/forum/index.php?topic=11867.0 (http://rfalconcam.com/forum/index.php?topic=11867.0)


Title: Re: falcon HEAD cam reveals hunting strategy
Post by: Carol P. on 04-Jun-14, 07:12:53 AM
Thanks for posting this Dale.  It is really incredible how these beautiful creatures hunt.   :clap: