Circle with Falcons?

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/raptorforce/video.html

couple pretty awesome clips of Falcons diving to catch prey. One shot
is from a mini camera mounted on its back. pretty amazing.

On Feb 18, 10:19 pm, wrote:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/raptorforce/video.html

couple pretty awesome clips of Falcons diving to catch prey. One shot
is from a mini camera mounted on its back. pretty amazing.

Hope many in the US were able to watch it this evening.

Frank

I watched this show on Idaho Public Television a little over an hour ago.
Great footage; however, the major emphasis was on maneuverability. There
were a couple good clips on dynamic soaring.

The raptor camera footage did not come close to the quality of last summer's
camera equipped golden eagles flying over Scotland.

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/


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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/raptorforce/video.html

couple pretty awesome clips of Falcons diving to catch prey. One shot
is from a mini camera mounted on its back. pretty amazing.

"Wayne Paul" wrote in message
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I watched this show on Idaho Public Television a little over an hour ago.
Great footage; however, the major emphasis was on maneuverability. There
were a couple good clips on dynamic soaring.

The raptor camera footage did not come close to the quality of last
summer's camera equipped golden eagles flying over Scotland.


Here are 6 clips of a golden eagle flying in Scotland.
http://tinyurl.com/gap9x

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/

At 05:24 19 February 2007, wrote:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/raptorforce/video.html

couple pretty awesome clips of Falcons diving to catch
prey. One shot
is from a mini camera mounted on its back. pretty
amazing.



There was a TV program in the UK about the ultimate
avian predators which finished with the Peregrine falcon,
and some fantastic footage of one following down the
presenter who had made a tandem parachute jump from
a balloon - at 150mph or more it was simply toying
with the lure it was flying to. However I've also
seen footage of them hunting pigeons, and they certainly
don't always get their bird.

On Feb 19, 1:48 am, Sally W
wrote:
At 05:24 19 February 2007, wrote:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/raptorforce/video.html

couple pretty awesome clips of Falcons diving to catch
prey. One shot
is from a mini camera mounted on its back. pretty
amazing.

There was a TV program in the UK about the ultimate
avian predators which finished with the Peregrine falcon,
and some fantastic footage of one following down the
presenter who had made a tandem parachute jump from
a balloon - at 150mph or more it was simply toying
with the lure it was flying to. However I've also
seen footage of them hunting pigeons, and they certainly
don't always get their bird.

I was amazed at the Kestrel which dives on its prey at 200+ mph and,
even more amazingly, does a 20g pull out.

There was also a discussion on how the bird breaths at that speed. If
you look at it's nostrils there is a small central bony protuberance
to solve this problem which seems to have been used to solve the same
problem in jet fighters.

- John

On Feb 19, 1:48 am, Sally W
wrote:
and some fantastic footage of one following down the
presenter who had made a tandem parachute jump from
a balloon - at 150mph or more

I'd be amazed by that too. Did they forget to deploy the drogue
chute?

Andy

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I was amazed at the Kestrel which dives on its prey at 200+ mph and,
even more amazingly, does a 20g pull out.

There was also a discussion on how the bird breaths at that speed. If
you look at it's nostrils there is a small central bony protuberance
to solve this problem which seems to have been used to solve the same
problem in jet fighters.


John,

The Kestrel is the little bird that hovers. The Peregrine Falcon is the one
the does the high speed dive with up to a 20G recovery.

Boise Idaho is where the World Center for Birds of Prey (Peregrine Fund) is
located. (http://www.peregrinefund.org/default.asp) It is worth stopping for
a visit if you happen to be in the area. You may also want the visit the
largest nesting population for Prairie Falcon in the U.S. located in the
Snake River Canyon a few miles south of town.

All these birds are amazing!

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com

At 19:54 19 February 2007, Andy wrote:
On Feb 19, 1:48 am, Sally W
wrote:
and some fantastic footage of one following down the
presenter who had made a tandem parachute jump from
a balloon - at 150mph or more

I'd be amazed by that too. Did they forget to deploy
the drogue
chute?


No, two people jumping in tandem have a higher terminal
velocity than one on their own though I might have
the wrong speed. The instructor most certainly *did*
pull the rip-cord - this was not a static line jump
and they did land safely!