So is their vison. Smart birds. That Tom pulled and acrobatic loop de loop landed and took off running instead of flying. Gone. Eagle can forget about it. Might be best for the eagle. That was no jake! I bet he had em a fine set of spurs to defend himself with. I think that eagle was just sparring. Too much prey for him
Golden Eagles are not that commonly seen in the Appalachian mountains. Mostly seen migrating over that area. So it’s very cool to see a young Golden eagle trying to catch some dinner on a trail camera.
Turkey’s are the second fastest accelerating when flying from a stop, only the Ruffed grouse is quicker and they are like instant 35MPH. The turkey is probably 5x bigger and heavier so the move he put on the eagle after doing his version of the Ali shuffle then the aerial loop when the eagle got there was impressive then he shows why turkeys can outrun most dogs when took off running into the woods before the eagle could turn around for another try.
That's impressive Stats. Also though, in the second Attempt in the Air, the Turkey has no Chance against the Golden Eagle. Golden Eagle are practically the second-Fastest after Peregrine Falcons, in the air.
That is not at all what I expected, and insanely impressive. It knew exactly what to do, it prepared itself carefully but precisely, and executed its move with perfect timing. I now have more respect for turkeys.
ive noticed every single animal has almost perfected their way of survival, only dumb animals are the ones raised by humans with no clue how to stay alive
Underwing and undertail pattern match juvenile golden eagle. Golden eagles usually have lighter brown feathers on the back of the neck and upper wing coverts, so that's consistent as well. Juvenile/subadult bald eagles have a much more spotty pattern of white and brown than the one in the video. Bald eagle adults do not have dark tail band or dark uppertail coverts..
Elthenar they'll jump the string rite when you release sometimes just like whitetails will do..and they're vitals are so small so it makes it tougher. I've shot a bunch with both bow and shotgun.
Actually, the reason for that goes back centuries. Around the early 16th century, a Turkish merchant ship on it's way to England stopped at a Spanish dock. The Spanish had brought the bird from their American colonies. The turks bought it from them and resold it at England. The English assumed that the birds were from Turkey so called them the Turkey Bird.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the explanation. That this bird came to be called by the English name of my country, "Türkiye" as we Turks call it, is one of the saddest tricks of history. From Türkiye with sorrow and at times fury!
*Wild* turkeys are actually bad ass; they are cunning, illusive, and agile. And it's a big, powerful bird. An adult wild tom turkey typically weighs between 10 and 25 lbs and can be over 4 feet tall. Despite its size, a wild turkey can run over 20 mph and uses that five-foot wingspan to hits speeds of 55 mph in flight. The wild turkey can defend itself, too. The spurs on a 20 lb. tom turkey make it a formidable foe. I'm not surprised at all that this wild turkey eluded the eagle.
A couple of years ago I heard something slam into the side of my house. I went out the front and peaked around the corner. A hawk was sitting on top of an egret(?) eating it. I'm guessing it snatched it out of the sky and hit the house on the way to the ground. It's strange when something like that happens because you don't expect it. Great video. I wish I'd got mine on video.
What more than likely happend is the egret, in its panic slammed into the house attempt to avoid the hawk which, I would be willing to bet, was an accipiter.
@@brushwolf You're probably right about the egret. But the only accipiter we have around here is a coopers hawk. And it was too large to be one of those. It might have been a red-tailed hawk. Whatever it was, I didn't want any part of it. It looked like it could have tore me up.
@@aphyd23 I hear you. There is no mistaking a large buteo for an accipter. I've been a falconer for 23 years and I've never seen a buteo panic avian prey enough to window smack. But I don't hunt around many houses either so there is always something else to learn or see. I have seen mourning doves, whitewings, Thrashers and a Kiskadee kamikaze into windows while being pursued and the culprit everytime has been a Coopers hawk. Every bird in the general area seems to loose it when one is prowling around. That's why I guessed accipter first.
@@brushwolf You hunted with a falcon? That's pretty cool. I know people do but they make me nervous. I wouldn't get anywhere near one without safety glasses! haha
@@aphyd23 Actually never have hunted with a falcon! There is not enough game where I'm from to have a full season of hunting with a long wing. I've flown 2 female red-tails, one Male and one female Harris' since 98.
Looks more like a Bald Eagle or an Osprey rather than a Golden Eagle but anyways what a impressive fly/jump dodge from the Turkey this was a awesome vid.
Except it WAS a Golden Eagle. A juvenile to be specific. Yeah yeah I know your/this comment is 10 years old but I just felt like correcting you was needed.
Amazing once in a life time natural wildlife capture. Just stunning. Predator vs Prey is rarely captured and reported on such a thin line of reality. The balance of life is so tenuous and inbuilt, yet humanity chooses sides as if we have a vote. Its so much more thrilling without prejudice.
@@MMAoracle man was saying that people almost always pick a side with animals hunting, either with that of the prey out of sympathy, predator because they wanna see it kill something, or just the animal that 'looks cooler'
