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Bird strike 3 Posted by: betacygni
Video duration: 222 seconds More shots of collisions and near misses between birds. Features buzzard, crow, sparrowhawk and hobby. Related: bird, buzzard, crow, falcon, fight, flight, fly, flying, hawk, hobbies, hobby, peregrine, sparrowhawk, strike, warwickshire |
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Bird strike! Posted by: betacygni
Video duration: 78 seconds Some shots of what happens when birds take a dislike to each other in flight. It's fascinating how in some of the shots the smaller bird (a falcon called a hobby) makes a half-roll onto its back then rights itself just before knocking the larger bird (a buzzard) out of the sky. Related: bird, buzzard, falcon, fight, flight, fly, flying, hawk, hobbies, hobby, strike, warwickshire |
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Electric Falcons Posted by: betacygni
Video duration: 336 seconds Birds sometimes choose unusual nesting spots. Here, falcons called hobbies are nesting in a pylon carrying the 400,000 volt national electricity supply, near Birmingham, UK (in the Wiggins Hill area, bounded by Minworth, Curdworth and Wishaw) Related: bird, birmingham, chicks, electric, electricity, falco, falcon, flight, flying, hawk, hobbies, hobby, nest, pylon, raptor, subbuteo |
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Kestrel flight Posted by: betacygni
Video duration: 78 seconds The kestrel is a smallish falcon famous for hovering over fields and verges. Several varieties of hover are shown, plus a high-speed dive (stoop) and a glide. Its amazing how the head can be kept dead still while the body, wings and tail writhe about Related: bird, dive, falcon, flight, flying, glide, hawk, hover, hovering, kestrel, raptor, stoop, warwickshire |
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Merlin - the magic falcon Posted by: betacygni
Video duration: 213 seconds The merlin is the smallest raptor found in the UK. This little falcon often spends the winter months hunting in the open fields close to towns. Several sometimes gather around Wiggins Hill near Birmingham, where this film was taken, from October to March. Related: bird, birmingham, columbarius, curdworth, falco, falcon, flight, flying, hawk, hill, merlin, minworth, raptor, wiggins, wishaw |
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Falcon flying insect catcher Posted by: betacygni
Video duration: 64 seconds Hobbies are falcons which nest in England and head south to Africa for the winter. They are the fastest creatures in level motion that I have ever seen. They spend a lot of their 'spare time' lazily drifting around catching flying insects. The video is some shots taken near nesting sites in Warwickshire Related: bird, falco, falcon, fast, flight, flying, hawk, hobbies, hobby, insects, raptor, subbuteo, warwickshire |
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A kestrel tries some insect catching Posted by: betacygni
Video duration: 113 seconds Falcons in general seem to be adept at catching flying insects with their feet. In this video, a kestrel spends a few minutes doing this on a hot summer day Related: bird, catch, falcon, flight, flying, hawk, insect, kestrel, raptor, warwickshire |
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peregrine playtime Posted by: betacygni
Video duration: 332 seconds A peregrine falcon sets up home for the winter, stirring up the local bird population and causing plenty of feathered aerobatics. Music: Roy Buchanan. Related: aerobatics, bird, birmingham, buchanan, buzzard, crow, falcon, flight, flying, hawk, magpie, maxstoke, peregrine, pylon, raptor, roy |
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Buzzard display/territorial flight maneuvers Posted by: betacygni
Video duration: 189 seconds Shots of different flight maneuvers by buzzards when advertising their presence over nesting territories Related: buteo, buzzard, display, flight, flying, hawk, maneuvers, manoeuvres, raptor, territorial, warwickshire |
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Hen harrier (marsh hawk) search flight Posted by: betacygni
Video duration: 106 seconds A female hen harrier (marsh hawk) systematically searches the area near a river in Warwickshire on a mid-winter day Related: bird, flight, flying, harrier, hawk, hen, marsh, quartering, raptor, warwickshire |
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Saying it with flowers Posted by: betacygni
Video duration: 126 seconds A buzzard plucking up the courage to deliver a bouquet in Warwickshire Related: bird, buzzard, flight, flowers, flying, hawk, raptor, warwickshire |
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Crosswind landings at Birmingham Airport Posted by: betacygni
Video duration: 60 seconds Birmingham International Airport in the UK has a single runway, which, unfortunately, is roughly at right angles to the prevailing wind direction. The runway is also rather undulating from one end to the other. This video shows two landings by Boeing 737s on a day in March 2008 when the wind was about 60 degrees to the runway, and gusting to 45 or 50 mph. Related: 737, aircraft, airport, birmingham, boeing, cross, crosswind, international, landing, plane, runway, wind |
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Bird strike 2 Posted by: betacygni
Video duration: 78 seconds More shots of collisions and near misses between birds. Buzzard, peregrine, crow and hobby are shown. Related: bird, buzzard, crow, falcon, fight, flight, fly, flying, hawk, hobbies, hobby, peregrine, strike, warwickshire |
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kestrel fly-catcher Posted by: betacygni
Video duration: 163 seconds This is a higher-quality remix of "A kestrel tries some insect catching". A kestrel leisurely catches flying insects on a hot summer day. Music: Wayrapa Muspuynin, from Wayra - Dreams of the Wind (bolivia165). Related: bird, catching, falcon, flight, flying, hawk, hill, insect, kestrel, minworth, raptor, warwickshire, wayra, wiggins, wishaw |
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hovering Posted by: betacygni
Video duration: 104 seconds A variety of birds and some of their hovering techniques. In order: common kestrel hen harrier (northern harrier) common buzzard sparrowhawk The kestrel is the master of the hover, but the sparrowhawk, with its shortish wings, struggles with this unfamiliar flight method. Related: bird, buzzard, falcon, flight, flying, harrier, hawk, hen, hover, hovering, kestrel, northern, raptor, sparrowhawk, warwickshire |
