I love peregrine falcons, there just extraordinary.

Awesome idea! Skydiving with the ultimate skydiver.

I have a difficult time wrapping my mind around a bird traveling at those kind of speeds. Nature at it's best. Awe inspiring to say the least.

thats one of the most amazing things ive ever seen...

Peregrine falcons are truly amazing birds of prey.

@starletd6819

3 жыл бұрын

They're predators. Not prey

@bokeflo

3 жыл бұрын

@@starletd6819 Goggle the term "birds of prey"

Beautiful and incredible...

Wildlife deserves nothing but RESPECT !

1:57 there's something about this slow-mo part of the "hyperdrive" that touches me deeply. Its hard to explain.

The terminal velocity is amazing enough but if a human tried to come out of terminal velocity as fast as this falcon can we'd probably break every bone in our bodies.

wow, faster then some WWII Warbirds!

I've watched many peregrine videos, and this one contains the absolute best vertical drives. - Stunningly beautiful.

if it wasnt for national geographic, we wouldnt ever get to see so much animal nature and exciting things in animal nature. its amazing.

389Km/h... it's just unbelievable! what speed...

In another European test Peregrine Falcon reached the speed of 282 MPH 458 Km/h. In a test between Switzerland and Northern Italy in 2012.

@onsesejoo2605

8 жыл бұрын

+mptrax Wonder if the location or altitude has any effect, the air being thinner.

@MARTIN201199

8 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see it in video.

@ianbrown_777

7 жыл бұрын

Probably does. Also, birds would vary on an individual basis, just like some race horses are faster than others.

@mptrax

7 жыл бұрын

ian brown Sure but.... 282 MPH or 458 Km/h is absolutely insane. Some scientists measured that speed during an attack. Faster than the fastest racing car of sport bike. Absolutely the fastest animal on this planet.

@ianbrown_777

7 жыл бұрын

No I wasn't saying they are only fast because of thin air, just saying why there may be differences - 242 for one bird 282 for another. Who knows what the absolute fastest might be!

wow.....huge Respect for the FALCON...awesome man...

WOW! nothing more awesome than this video right here! Thank you.

HIGH- VELOCITY FALCON

Frightful... My side of the mountain... anyone?

@TheWizardYeof

10 жыл бұрын

I just posted almost the same exact comment. I'm surprised there aren't more like them!

@Pgoldish

9 жыл бұрын

Its a great book, although I find fewer people than I would expect have read it...

@TheWizardYeof

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah!

He named the brid frightful... Thats AWESOME! He got it from a book series called that started with "my side of the mountain" then "the other side of the mountain" and last "Frightfuls mountain" AWESOME SERIES!

Right, humans weigh more, but pound for pound, that bird is golden.

Frightful=My Side of the Mountain

i hear SASHA!!!! XPANDER

@1q3er5

9 жыл бұрын

Edward Texis good catch!

I love that they named her frightful

TOP GUN stuff ... this little fella has my admiration ...

Ken Franklin likes to fly pretty dang low

Incredible, absolutely incredible, what an achievment to get that footage.

I was working on a bridge that had a mating pair nesting nearby. The state made a big deal to make sure we were not working in the area where the birds were as to not disturb them from mating or scouting a new nesting spot. I never saw the falcons in action, but one morning, one of the falcons flew over us clutching a small bird like a starlet or a crackle.

I love how they're playing a remix of DJ Sasha's "XPander" in this video. Great song.

I have the honor of working around these magnificent creatures every day. I work at an Audobon Society partnered golf course in Maine. We have 3 of these birds that call the golf course their home. They attack bluejays, morning doves and other similarly sized birds. It's and amazing experience. More often than not, we only hear them fly by and attack before we see it because they are so damn fast. Also, they create such an amazing sound like a jet turbine because they pierce the air so quickly.

Wow...this is amazing. Thanks to youtube we all get to see a lot of amazing stuff. Thanks for the publisher too!

Gotta love the Peregrine's raw speed!

it is always a must to have techno music playing in the background when the awesome Peregrine Falcon does a dive bomb!!!

Pour moi, c'est la vidéo la plus spectaculaire For me it is the most spectacular video

It's not a matter of how thin the air is. It's about how amazing it is that a living being can fall at a top speed of around 200 mph, come out of that free fall, and correct itself back to normal flight speed with nothing to help it do such things but it's own limbs.

Great filming!

i've always loved this bird. absolutely amazing what this bird was engineered for.

Amazing! Great footage. I didn't think you would be able to pull it off, but it looks great.

Terrific! How exciting, thank you for posting this.

Holy crap! I almost expected to see a sonic shockwave when she passed by the camera. Good vid!

These birds live on some of our bridges in NYC. Several brother Ironworkers I know have witnessed these falcons snatch pigeons out of mid air like a lightning bolt. They nest on top of the bridge towers. When someone goes up there to service the bridge, the falcons get pissed off. If they are there, you have to leave. BAD-ASS birds!

this bird makes falling things look still. DAMN!

i love hearing sasha's xpander in a wildlife video :-)

An amazing birds eye view.

I live in Lexington Ky - years ago, we had a terrible pigeon issue downtown, especially among the taller buildings. Then we introduced the Peregrine to downtown, after a couple of years they took - needless to say, the pigeon problem has been resolved. Granted, we still find headless pigeons and see Falcons downtown, many of them have move to the suburbs - I'll notice my feeders won't have birds for a few days and then I'll notice a dead robin or sparrow on top one of my fence posts.

I love peregrines! They are such beautiful birds, and seem so aware of everything going on around them. Peregrines just amaze me. I fell in love with this bird the first time I saw one in Yellowstone National Park, incubating its eggs. I'd seen many animals that day, including bears, but the peregrine was the highlight of my day. What an interesting a fun video.

These are amazing creatures

That's just too, way too cool! Love it!!!!

This is my Totem animal. Great respect.

Now that IS impressive - thanks for posting

Omg.. definately amazing.. tks friend.

what an amazing creature.

Another wonderful reason why I never want piss off a falcon. FALCON DIVE!

great video! thanks so much

falcon and the cheetah are, for me, the most fascinating animals ever.

During the summer shad run, we would watch as the falcons would climb high over the lake, then close their wings and drop. Every time they would pull up just before crashing into the water's surface and grab an unsuspecting fish. I kept expecting to see one of them break it's neck but, they had the timing perfected. Because of this, all of the "local yokels" used to call them bass hawks.

Amazing how they get the bird to come back wow.

Great footage !

Where i live in Sardinia,this bird is really common in the countrysides,i love watching them staying still (in the same place) in the air with their wings open...always wondered how they do it...once i also saw a falcon stooping down to catch a mouse (they have an incredible sight too). it was amazing!

Peregrine Falcons are awesome !!!!

Seems like it doesnt take any air resistance at all, amazing!

I just wish there were more videos of this falcons dive!! It's so amazing to see it fly at this speed!! 😯😯

@lamrof

7 жыл бұрын

it did not fly, it was falling.

@jturner1758

7 жыл бұрын

...with style. lol

@charliev-lakers4life415

7 жыл бұрын

true true!! 😁

lol "this is like karate in the air" that bird is flipping amazing! :)

Indeed it is magnificent.

Falcon punch!! Yes!

Those are its jesses trailing behind it which is why you see them flair up with each downbeat as it descends. Jesses are tied to each of the falcon's legs and help the falconer hold onto the bird while its on the falconer's glove. Just letting you know =)

i cant stop watching

Holy shit, a bird can go almost as fast as the fastest car in the world. Absolutely amazing. God I love nature.

Awesome ...

AWESOME VID ! .. btw one of my favorite trance tunes starts at 0:19 ! .. Sasha - Xpander great song for this

Agreed!

the peregrine moves like a boss

They named it Frightful!!! Just like in My Side of the Mountain! I love that book! :)

haha when she says "Kens shoot snaps open" I thought she was going to leave it at.. "Kens shoot snapps"... meaning hes toast haha this bird simple looks amazing let alone what it can actaully doo.

Incredible!

Amazing.

I just love this bird :)

I am doing a paper of Peregrine Facons at school. Amazing birds, I want one if I become a falconer. :). and 2:48 is a nice little picture of Frightful

Anyone else notice the similarity in shape to the Stealth Bomber. Especially when it is shifting shape for less drag around 2.05? Astonishing creatures.

tks !!

Amazing birds!

Incredible

Amazing!

Amazing

240mp/h is insane, but what I find more amazing, is that it can hunt at that speed and pull out of a dive to grab little objects. Amazing...

That was amazing!

amazing,

Aero is everything.

gotta love these birds ^_^

freaking AMAZING

Amazing animal.

owesome

apsolutely amazing animals.

I'm absolutely terrified of birds like that (falcons, owls, eagles...) but seeing stuff like this makes me recognize that they are truly amazing creatures!!!.... I don't want them near me though....

The perigrine is one of natures finest stews in the birch bark pot. We usually mix in some wild camus roots with the berry from the wild blueberry.They are somewhat difficult to catch: but an AK-47 usually fills the bill. You then put it in a bald eagles nest and let them pluck it, but pull it out before they devour it. You can then invite the eagles for dinner; thinking ahead for the next meal you know. Nature often offers you a great balancing act.

242mph!!!!!!! OMG!! That's mach 0.318 (at sea level, 0.33 at 10,000ft). Wow!! At this speed the compressibility of air becomes significant. At this mach no. the isentropic flow equations show that the air density on the nose of the bird is 5.13% higher than at stationary conditions (at sea level, 5.51% at 10,000ft). Falcon-compressor! Thank you for this video, I had NO idea that anything in nature could reach such a speed.

Imagine what the Falcon would be going through, ramming something at the cruising speed of a spitfire.

We havea group of Falcons in Atlanta!!!!! Not bad this year - prolly not a Super Bowl team - but not bad!!!!

this is so awesome

my favorite animal, It would be awesome to have one as a pet, he will always be around you on the oudoors, watching

Budweiser must have been funding this study, because every time they show dude (except skydiving) he's got a beer in his hand.