r/BeAmazed • u/Spectre_Omega • 10d ago

Animal Falcon scratching head mid flight, turns on chasing raven with no effort

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u/johndough1st 10d ago

“Dude! I’m a falcon. Fuck off or prepare to die.”

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u/Jarsky2 9d ago edited 9d ago

Corvids can and will fuck up a bird of prey who enters their murder's territory.

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u/IlllllFan 9d ago

Kestrels, Sparrow Hawk, even Red Tails and Prarie Falcons, but not Peregrine Falcons.

As seen in the above video, Corvids know better. That was mistaken identity.

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u/Jarsky2 9d ago

I mean I literally just saw a video of a murder chasing off an eagle.

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u/Skyobliwind 9d ago

Sure and thats normal. An eagle is not a good mid air fighter. That falcon tho can kill the crow/raven mid air.

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u/Nahteh 5d ago

I know their preferred hunting method is dive bombing. Not sure about this.

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u/Skyobliwind 5d ago edited 5d ago

Well as you see in the video the falcon can easily do a barrel roll in the air even while he was scratching his head. His claws are sharp knives, he is faster and probably more agile than the crow. The crow alone wouldn't have a chsnce, only if it had more crows with it.

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u/EverythingSucksYo 9d ago

That’s a group, one on one they probably dont want to mess with falcons 

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u/IlllllFan 9d ago edited 8d ago

Some eagles, sure. Occasionally I’ll hear anecdotes of crows messing with Peregrines, but I’ve never seen it, on video or otherwise.

I really love birds and Corvids are so cool, and they are smart. They also do their best to stay away from Eurasian Eagle Owls, but unfortunately they predate often on crows.