I met a falcomer once who worked with much larger birds (red-tailed hawk-sized to condor) and gave them quartered rats as training treats. He called them 'meeces pieces'~
Maybe it´s only me, but each time a see an amimal as free and noble as a bird returning to a human out of her own will it gives me goosebumps. That looks SO amazing!
In high school i had the opportunity to go out hawking a few times with a fellow who was running a female red tailed hawk. Massive bird. And when i had her on my arm and she turned to look at me it was the scariest thing ever. It's not like when a dog or cat looks at you, with the hawk it was like she was looking _through_ me. Like at any moment this massive bird, without the slightest bit of warning, could tear my face up if she wanted to. Like she barely registered me as a presence in her life. Super scary but an amazing experience. Hawking takes up _A LOT_ of your spare time (i never got into it) but if you have the chance to ride shotgun to someone going on a hunt take it.
we have a pair of kestrels that seem to come back to our area every summer and they are terrifying. i saw one just miss catching a sparrow mid-flight once and in that moment was scared of it! i totally get what you mean, these things are stone cold.
You have no idea. My first bird in eight grade decided to bury both of her feet in my hands. She was a Harris’ Hawk so it wasn’t as bad as a Red Tail, but it was still bad. We ought to fear these birds, haha!
I never knew anything about hunting with falcons until 12 years ago. I was a guide for duck hunts, had a client ask if he could hunt with his falcon, I said uhh sure. Was by far the greatest experience I've had hunting or guiding, there's just something magical about watching a peregrine falcon capture a duck at flight.
I think it's absolutely awesome the way he can let it out of the moving car, at speed, and it homes like a missile! The European starling is an absolute vicious bird and is dominating our native species in North America. I hope Rosie gets many, many of them, I absolutely despise the starlings. Cheers
Rosie is awesome but hawking amounts to less than a drop in the bucket to combating starlings. Discriminate chemical or biological measures are probably the only way we can stop their dominance and spread. Problem is chemical measures are rarely discriminate as seen with the huge population losses when pesticides weakened ALL birds eggs.
Bird lovers have a love hate relationship with invasive bird species. Many of them are wonderful birds and beautiful in their own right but as the label suggests can be destructive and were introduced to the area. 🙃
Back in the 60's, our woods was full of Red-Headed Woodpeckers. Then the starlings moved in, took over all the nest holes, and no more woodpeckers. :-( Always good to see starlings taken out, and especially like this.
I noticed that was one thing omitted in his overview of Sturnis vulgaris--was how as cavity nesters, they've displaced the native cavity nesters. Of course, it's tricky to fit everything in in an overview, but yeah, that's one of the ways they threaten native species.
@@leiatyndall8648 yeah I had to pick and choose what details I would go into and what I would skip over. That was one I chose not to touch on in detail. That topic was pretty much lumped in when I mentioned they crowd out and sometimes kill native birds.
Hawking from a car! I hope it inspires a new generation to take up falconry. I see both small falcon-type and large (red-tail type) hawks in my urban neighborhood hunting pigeons and sparrows, and it's fascinating.
When I lived "out in the country", we saw wild Kestrels quite often. They are absolutely *gorgeous* little birds of prey. I loved seeing them (especially when it had a starling or sparrow in its talons!)
Falconry is one of those things that I would love to get into, but I know I don't have the time to do properly so I stay out of. Really awesome sport though!
Starlings used to rip gaps between our cedar shingles and stuff them with rotting detritus to make nests. Dirty, ratlike birds. Very satisfying to see them so gracefully and viciously slaughtered.
Starlings congregate and fly in formation Over my property around December every year. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of them. It’s one of the most bizarre things you’ll ever see. One year we had a bunch of men and shotguns and tried to thin them out. Much harder than it seems.
It is always beautiful to see natural hunts by nature's animals I'm sure it helps with everyone's education of how thing happen . Thanks for the great video
How cool hunting out of a car with that little falcon. Thanks for the video to expand peoples knowledge and experiences. Maybe we will see you hunting field mice with a chihauhau and an ermine down the road.
Love you work, man! The kestrel is my favorite of the American Raptors. I love its former name too, the sparrowhawk. Keep up all the awesome work with mink. And cool way to mix up your content with a gorgeous bird!
Tyler Matthew it’s because I’m used to seeing the European Sparrowhawk and what we call the Kestrel as two totally separate birds here in the UK. Question: Do the wild American Kestrels hover like our European versions?
More hawks should roll like that, in a nice toyota, and being able to just drop by with stealth and get multiple dinners! :D (and of course helping to balance numbers out there)
I've only just heard about this through le UA-cam algorithm, and I think this is one of the coolest things I've seen. These birds are certainly well-looked-after and get to learn survival skills without ending up in someone else's gizzard. And dealing with a problem species too. Falconry for the everyday man and woman. Too bad I don't have the means to do it myself, but I'm sure the falconers are having fun.
American Kestrel: Saw one once at a small wildlife rehab station. Beautiful bird. Smaller than I expected, but then at the same station they had a Golden Eagle, so anything next to that will look small.
Had a lil sparrow hawk her name was Philly. Sparrow hawks is the only hawk that doesnt have an age limit when trapping. Plan to get a peregrine and a red tail
Dave Alan I suspect they're calling a kestrel a sparrow hawk - in North American they're one and the same (no idea about Eurasian species). When you trap a kestrel there is no clear way to distinguish between passage birds and haggards - i.e. there is no age limit. For other hawk species in most (all?) states, the bird has to be in its first year, still with immature plumage. Otherwise you're pulling a reproductively successful wild bird out of the population instead of a juvenile with a high chance of dying before it can breed.
@@jasonpatterson8091 yep 100% correct american kestrals and american sparrow hawk are the same bird here in america. I dont know what country youre from but thats what we call them.
I see this video come up on my feed and I watch every video that Joseph publishes, so I begin watching this video and I begin seeing buildings and landscape that is familiar to me. I realize that Joseph, the Mink Man, was just in my hometown. I am a big fan of Joseph and I wish I had the opportunity to just shake the guy's hand. I love to watch his videos and learn from his instructions and from his failed attempts. I also like seeing the challenges that he is faced and the strategy he employs to make the most out of a hunt. It is wonderful to see the work and his compassion for animals. Like I said huge fan and bummed I didn't get to meet him, but so cool to see him in my hometown. Maybe next time? Good luck on future endeavors
Birds of prey kept for hawking do seem to live very good lives. They get to have a safe and long life, and also get the enrichment of hunting prey. It's the best of both worlds. I think it would be pretty cool if in the future when your two little girls grow up, one gets into minkenry and the other gets into hawking and they work together to hunt pest species.
Really? What is the smallest then? You can't honestly say sharp-shinned Hawks, because the female is so much larger than female kestrels, and the male is roughly the same size to slightly smaller then a male Kestrel. So averaging both genders together, the Kestrel is considerably smaller. Is there a different bird of prey I'm not thinking of? Maybe a tiny little owl or something?
@@JosephCartertheMinkMan Definitely smaller owls. Northern Saw-Whet Owl is smaller in both size and weight. Idk if it's the absolute smallest, but smaller than the kestrel.
@@JosephCartertheMinkMan Not trying to argue just want to contribute to the conversation. Did a search on "The smallest bird of prey in North America" and came up the Shrike which is not a Falcon.
So cute! It's wonderful to see such a good working relationship between them two. I would love to get into falconry and get a kestrel. I have a large population of starlings near by too.
Then think about all the other birds those starlings have killed. They are invasive. Plus this is exactly what this bird will be doing in the wild anyway there are tens of thousands if not more doing this on a daily basis. Nature is brutal grow with thicker skin.
@@asonofliberty3662wrong, starlings have been here for about 200 years and have been part of the ecosystem. I photograph raptors and they VERY rarely will go after another bird to the point of killing it. I’ve only seen it with red tails and bald eagles, this kestrel would be going after field nice in the wild.
Think of it this way; all predatory birds have strong legs for striking prey, but since the kestrel is very small and is usually catching birds, its grip and talons aren't going to be nearly as damaging to a human as a larger hawk would be.
this is one of THE most amazing vidoes I have seen to date, I have never seen a hawk hunt with a human. This brought back memories of reading the Merlin series! love the vid
My babies !!!! American Kestrel (tiniest falcon). Size of a fist. Raised 6 years of kestrels on a federal and state-sponsored highway project of 25 boxes. 66 babies. Love'm. Others in the area, had kestrels. They learned that an underhand throw would be for smaller sparrows, and an overhand throw would be a starling or grackle.
Get your county and state to put up kestrel boxes on the back of highway signs, 20-25 feet elevation, inspected and constantly monitored against starling inhabitation. Kestrels will nest in sawdust boxes - while (still not understood) starlings will remove entire wood chips from the box (nearly 1 cubic foot volume !) and stuff the box with grasses. Nasty starlings and grackles with the most disgusting of soggy nests.
The question of why and how does she stay put to allow you to take the prey!! She could just fly off, bite you but sits so sweet and you just pick her up. What a sight!
The starling has the best mimic in the bird world by FAR and has beautiful iridescent markings. There are people who raise ones that fell out of a nest and the starlings learn to mimic the humans voice perfectly.
I have been trapping house sparrows and Starlings for 20 plus years. There was a time when I would take these trapped starlings and house sparrows out on the road with clipped wings and I would throw them out the window when I would see a Kestrel sitting somewhere. They always took the house sparrows, but I never seen them take a starling. They would make several passes but refused to take them.
Some kestrels lack the confidence. With a human helping with the dispatch, they are more than happy to catch starlings all day long. Some wild kestrels will do it, some won't.
From my experience, falconry has been always exciting but it is full of difficulties, disappointment and frustration. Falcons can in any moment to just fly away or follow a prey into an unaccessible area. Also, they're easly susceptible to all kinds of diseases but most importantly lung disease which kills most falcons in captivity. If anyone is planning to try it, just be prepared to count feathers, daily weights and examining poop.
I met a falcomer once who worked with much larger birds (red-tailed hawk-sized to condor) and gave them quartered rats as training treats. He called them 'meeces pieces'~
That's hilarious.
That’s awesome
Rosie is a machine love it
Maybe it´s only me, but each time a see an amimal as free and noble as a bird returning to a human out of her own will it gives me goosebumps. That looks SO amazing!
Every animal that is free, and man especially, will trade its liberty for safety and a free lunch. -- Thomas Jefferson
In high school i had the opportunity to go out hawking a few times with a fellow who was running a female red tailed hawk. Massive bird. And when i had her on my arm and she turned to look at me it was the scariest thing ever. It's not like when a dog or cat looks at you, with the hawk it was like she was looking _through_ me. Like at any moment this massive bird, without the slightest bit of warning, could tear my face up if she wanted to. Like she barely registered me as a presence in her life. Super scary but an amazing experience. Hawking takes up _A LOT_ of your spare time (i never got into it) but if you have the chance to ride shotgun to someone going on a hunt take it.
we have a pair of kestrels that seem to come back to our area every summer and they are terrifying. i saw one just miss catching a sparrow mid-flight once and in that moment was scared of it! i totally get what you mean, these things are stone cold.
agreed. they seem to have very little fear.
You have no idea. My first bird in eight grade decided to bury both of her feet in my hands. She was a Harris’ Hawk so it wasn’t as bad as a Red Tail, but it was still bad. We ought to fear these birds, haha!
they have dinosaur blood in their veins，why would they be afraid
I never knew anything about hunting with falcons until 12 years ago. I was a guide for duck hunts, had a client ask if he could hunt with his falcon, I said uhh sure. Was by far the greatest experience I've had hunting or guiding, there's just something magical about watching a peregrine falcon capture a duck at flight.
That’s pretty badass. I like the mink and dog videos but it’s cool to see something different.
I think it's absolutely awesome the way he can let it out of the moving car, at speed, and it homes like a missile!
The European starling is an absolute vicious bird and is dominating our native species in North America. I hope Rosie gets many, many of them, I absolutely despise the starlings. Cheers
Yep. Dirty little flying rats.
Rosie is awesome but hawking amounts to less than a drop in the bucket to combating starlings. Discriminate chemical or biological measures are probably the only way we can stop their dominance and spread. Problem is chemical measures are rarely discriminate as seen with the huge population losses when pesticides weakened ALL birds eggs.
Bird lovers have a love hate relationship with invasive bird species. Many of them are wonderful birds and beautiful in their own right but as the label suggests can be destructive and were introduced to the area. 🙃
Vicious very much. Starlings will overpower
and kill other birds.
Back in the 60's, our woods was full of Red-Headed Woodpeckers. Then the starlings moved in, took over all the nest holes, and no more woodpeckers. :-( Always good to see starlings taken out, and especially like this.
I noticed that was one thing omitted in his overview of Sturnis vulgaris--was how as cavity nesters, they've displaced the native cavity nesters. Of course, it's tricky to fit everything in in an overview, but yeah, that's one of the ways they threaten native species.
@@leiatyndall8648 yeah I had to pick and choose what details I would go into and what I would skip over. That was one I chose not to touch on in detail. That topic was pretty much lumped in when I mentioned they crowd out and sometimes kill native birds.
Wow, that was a very interesting mix of modern stalking and natural hunting. Keep your critters happy!
Really super cool
A hacked version of a drive by shooting :P
Nice one lol
Eco-friendly version of a drive by shooting
It's a 'Fly by Shooting'.
Fly by
I think you mean "hawked"
Joseph, Thank you for showing me something new. I had no idea it was possible to hawk from a car. Keep up the cool vids.
Hawking from a car! I hope it inspires a new generation to take up falconry.
I see both small falcon-type and large (red-tail type) hawks in my urban neighborhood hunting pigeons and sparrows, and it's fascinating.
@@julieb3996 that would be so cool
A new way to do a drive-by lol
*21st Century Car Hawking.*
_European Starling! no match for Rosie and Car._
A Feathered Missile🦅
Hell yeah! Much more accurate than a javelin missile launch system 🤘🏻
@@Valhalla_Heathen yeah better than me times 200
When I lived "out in the country", we saw wild Kestrels quite often. They are absolutely *gorgeous* little birds of prey. I loved seeing them (especially when it had a starling or sparrow in its talons!)
Love how he lets her hunt naturally! That's good for the bird! 😊❤
I love this UA-cam channel💜💜💜💜
I love American kestrels they are such cute birds of prey
As a falconer who hunts with kestrels myself, it's awesome to see you post a video like this! Thanks for educating others on falconry!
Falconry is one of those things that I would love to get into, but I know I don't have the time to do properly so I stay out of. Really awesome sport though!
Starlings used to rip gaps between our cedar shingles and stuff them with rotting detritus to make nests. Dirty, ratlike birds.
Very satisfying to see them so gracefully and viciously slaughtered.
The starlings have their place; it's across the Atlantic. Anywhere else, and they're a menace that needs to be removed.
I would be very satisfied to see you in same condition
@@homelessmoon salty much
@@homelessmoon You would love to see a person viciously slaughtered for not doing anything? What a terrible human being you are.
@@TheTimRizzle mate you cant take butthurt coments tooo seriously. I would know ive the mistake of responding and making such comments. Big oof.
Hi I watch all of your videos thanks for making them they are entertaining
Starlings congregate and fly in formation Over my property around December every year. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of them. It’s one of the most bizarre things you’ll ever see. One year we had a bunch of men and shotguns and tried to thin them out. Much harder than it seems.
I love Kestrels. I've never seen one used in falconry before. Such a sweet little bird.
The raptors are all such beautiful animals, its fascinating to see them hunt.
It's cute how she makes a different sound after a kill. She sounds proud, almost like a cat's purr but for victory
That kestrel is gorgeous. Thanks folks.
It is always beautiful to see natural hunts by nature's animals I'm sure it helps with everyone's education of how thing happen . Thanks for the great video
How cool hunting out of a car with that little falcon. Thanks for the video to expand peoples knowledge and experiences. Maybe we will see you hunting field mice with a chihauhau and an ermine down the road.
Nice video. I personally think Hawks is a cooler hunting partner.
But I'd also go for minks just for the rat pest control.
The eyesight of that bird is amazing
Its accuracy is also unbelievable!
Love you work, man! The kestrel is my favorite of the American Raptors. I love its former name too, the sparrowhawk. Keep up all the awesome work with mink. And cool way to mix up your content with a gorgeous bird!
Hell yeah dude! Kestrels are badass 🤘🏻
Sparrowhawks and kestrels are a separate species. Sparrowhawks are hawks and kestrels are falcons. 😁
@@tomskegold In America, the sparrow hawk is another name for kestrels.
@@tomskegold @Avi is right! It's just another common name for the American Kestrel, the sparrowhawk.
Tyler Matthew it’s because I’m used to seeing the European Sparrowhawk and what we call the Kestrel as two totally separate birds here in the UK.
Question: Do the wild American Kestrels hover like our European versions?
More hawks should roll like that, in a nice toyota, and being able to just drop by with stealth and get multiple dinners! :D (and of course helping to balance numbers out there)
I've only just heard about this through le UA-cam algorithm, and I think this is one of the coolest things I've seen. These birds are certainly well-looked-after and get to learn survival skills without ending up in someone else's gizzard. And dealing with a problem species too.
Falconry for the everyday man and woman. Too bad I don't have the means to do it myself, but I'm sure the falconers are having fun.
wow this is so cool!! I would totally watch a youtube channel dedicated to this. I also loved that throwback photo of Onsa
Aww that was awesome. Thank you, great bird.
God that is one magnificent bird of prey!
American Kestrel: Saw one once at a small wildlife rehab station. Beautiful bird. Smaller than I expected, but then at the same station they had a Golden Eagle, so anything next to that will look small.
Had a lil sparrow hawk her name was Philly. Sparrow hawks is the only hawk that doesnt have an age limit when trapping. Plan to get a peregrine and a red tail
Hamadanners that’s not true
Dave Alan I suspect they're calling a kestrel a sparrow hawk - in North American they're one and the same (no idea about Eurasian species). When you trap a kestrel there is no clear way to distinguish between passage birds and haggards - i.e. there is no age limit. For other hawk species in most (all?) states, the bird has to be in its first year, still with immature plumage. Otherwise you're pulling a reproductively successful wild bird out of the population instead of a juvenile with a high chance of dying before it can breed.
@@jasonpatterson8091 Kestrels and Sparrowhawks are most definitely not the same thing.
@@jasonpatterson8091 yep 100% correct american kestrals and american sparrow hawk are the same bird here in america. I dont know what country youre from but thats what we call them.
@@jasonpatterson8091 There are definitely ways to differentiate passage and hag kestrels though?
I see this video come up on my feed and I watch every video that Joseph publishes, so I begin watching this video and I begin seeing buildings and landscape that is familiar to me. I realize that Joseph, the Mink Man, was just in my hometown.
I am a big fan of Joseph and I wish I had the opportunity to just shake the guy's hand. I love to watch his videos and learn from his instructions and from his failed attempts. I also like seeing the challenges that he is faced and the strategy he employs to make the most out of a hunt. It is wonderful to see the work and his compassion for animals. Like I said huge fan and bummed I didn't get to meet him, but so cool to see him in my hometown. Maybe next time? Good luck on future endeavors
How awesome you guys are great i love watching your videos they are some of the mo a y interesting videos on UA-cam.
I love getting to watch nature unfold up close and personal
It's so cool how she flies right back to her handler! She has every opportunity to just leave but she doesn't! :O
I have so much respect for him communicating with her and understanding if she doesnt think its the right time
Very very cool man, beautiful I love birds!
That was fun ! Like to see more & different kinds of hunting ! Thanks !
Birds of prey kept for hawking do seem to live very good lives. They get to have a safe and long life, and also get the enrichment of hunting prey. It's the best of both worlds.
I think it would be pretty cool if in the future when your two little girls grow up, one gets into minkenry and the other gets into hawking and they work together to hunt pest species.
This is insane! Rosie is like a hitman sent by the mob in the animal world and you guys are the human lackeys.
Like the movie Collateral.
Great vid!
And information on your past and hinting with one type bird.
Thanks Joe.
She is just so pretty......
Beautiful!
You guys live a sweet life by doing what you like to do . 👏👏🇺🇸
How dare you trap, store, train and hunt an American Kestrel....without taking me along on the hunt! :0) Thanks for the great video!
The mink and dog hunts are awesome but this is next level
There are tons of Starlings in my town of Indiana.
Mink man is a good man.
Kestrels have always been my favorite bird, it's awesome seeing you guys hunting with one
Super awesome to see some hawks hunt 😍😍😍
It sounds like a drive by but with extra steps
WOW that's absolutely awesome.
More hawking/falconry videos please!!! BTW, not the smallest bird-of-prey in North America, just the smallest falcon.
Really? What is the smallest then? You can't honestly say sharp-shinned Hawks, because the female is so much larger than female kestrels, and the male is roughly the same size to slightly smaller then a male Kestrel. So averaging both genders together, the Kestrel is considerably smaller. Is there a different bird of prey I'm not thinking of? Maybe a tiny little owl or something?
@@JosephCartertheMinkMan Definitely smaller owls. Northern Saw-Whet Owl is smaller in both size and weight. Idk if it's the absolute smallest, but smaller than the kestrel.
@@JosephCartertheMinkMan Not trying to argue just want to contribute to the conversation. Did a search on "The smallest bird of prey in North America" and came up the Shrike which is not a Falcon.
I gotta say very impressive love it👍
Good video keep it up
excellent video Joseph , thank the host for us.
What an awesome & amazing bird would love to learn more about birds like that .
So cute! It's wonderful to see such a good working relationship between them two. I would love to get into falconry and get a kestrel. I have a large population of starlings near by too.
Falcons are badass. I want one!
That’s the damn best thing iv seen in my life 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
i feel so bad for the starlings. they are just sitting there, trying to eat, and then all of a sudden, something rips their LEGS OFF.... :( :( :(
Then think about all the other birds those starlings have killed. They are invasive. Plus this is exactly what this bird will be doing in the wild anyway there are tens of thousands if not more doing this on a daily basis. Nature is brutal grow with thicker skin.
@@asonofliberty3662wrong, starlings have been here for about 200 years and have been part of the ecosystem. I photograph raptors and they VERY rarely will go after another bird to the point of killing it. I’ve only seen it with red tails and bald eagles, this kestrel would be going after field nice in the wild.
Awesomeee
I really want to know if the bird's talons hurt? like when you hold it, it looks like it would but idk
They are sharp, but the kestrel is so small it really isn't that bad unless they TRY to hurt you. Even then it isn't all that bad.
I'd imagine so, even parrot nails hurt when they're holding onto you for a long while, though thats a smol bird, it's probably not as bad as it gets
Think of it this way; all predatory birds have strong legs for striking prey, but since the kestrel is very small and is usually catching birds, its grip and talons aren't going to be nearly as damaging to a human as a larger hawk would be.
Rosie is so cute 🥺
I love her
this is one of THE most amazing vidoes I have seen to date, I have never seen a hawk hunt with a human. This brought back memories of reading the Merlin series! love the vid
Great video thanks for sharing
Dude you have the sweetest looking bird
I have seen a friend's hawks hunt and it is amazing. Birds of prey are awesome hunters and beautiful.
The squeaking noise you hear from the Hawk roughly translates to:"Drive by!! MOFOs!!"
Excellent! Thanks
She’s so pretty
My babies !!!! American Kestrel (tiniest falcon). Size of a fist. Raised 6 years of kestrels on a federal and state-sponsored highway project of 25 boxes. 66 babies. Love'm. Others in the area, had kestrels. They learned that an underhand throw would be for smaller sparrows, and an overhand throw would be a starling or grackle.
Get your county and state to put up kestrel boxes on the back of highway signs, 20-25 feet elevation, inspected and constantly monitored against starling inhabitation. Kestrels will nest in sawdust boxes - while (still not understood) starlings will remove entire wood chips from the box (nearly 1 cubic foot volume !) and stuff the box with grasses. Nasty starlings and grackles with the most disgusting of soggy nests.
The question of why and how does she stay put to allow you to take the prey!! She could just fly off, bite you but sits so sweet and you just pick her up. What a sight!
that was UNBELIEVABLE top CLASS
Really liked how you made this video. Seriously good stuff.
Nothing like when my budgie comes back to me. I can only imagine when a raptor comes back.
My conure got outside and flew back into my hand, amazing show of trust.
Awesome vid! 👍👍👍😃✌️
Kill as many of those damn starlings as you can! (Very cool video, too!)
Just as the falcon is released, an ad pops in.
Good video. It is amazing how fast and close to the ground they fly. I would love to see a pair hunting
Wonderful Starling solution!
There’s no problem with starlings.
@@TheMW2informer Says who?
@@James13234 Audubon society is one example
@@TheMW2informer ??? Audubon society introduces the bird as often “a pest”
@@James13234 the starling is not a pest
No other bird can do this ua-cam.com/video/vLC26dGB2IQ/v-deo.html
thats a cute little hawk🙂
Does this guy have his own channel? This is amazing 😉!
A kestrel’s swiftness is impressive!
The starling has the best mimic in the bird world by FAR and has beautiful iridescent markings. There are people who raise ones that fell out of a nest and the starlings learn to mimic the humans voice perfectly.
They make cool pets 😎
Awesome stuff!
gives the new meaning of drive by
Awesome Nuff Said
Love this stuff
I have been trapping house sparrows and Starlings for 20 plus years. There was a time when I would take these trapped starlings and house sparrows out on the road with clipped wings and I would throw them out the window when I would see a Kestrel sitting somewhere. They always took the house sparrows, but I never seen them take a starling. They would make several passes but refused to take them.
Some kestrels lack the confidence. With a human helping with the dispatch, they are more than happy to catch starlings all day long. Some wild kestrels will do it, some won't.
Nice lil birb
Birds of prey are god’s animal version of an assassin! Truly amazing and very fascinating creatures
From my experience, falconry has been always exciting but it is full of difficulties, disappointment and frustration. Falcons can in any moment to just fly away or follow a prey into an unaccessible area. Also, they're easly susceptible to all kinds of diseases but most importantly lung disease which kills most falcons in captivity. If anyone is planning to try it, just be prepared to count feathers, daily weights and examining poop.
Such a majestic little creature, deadly predators don’t always come in big packages.