This is a "wildlife documentary" presenting the falcon and hawk attacks on my racing pigeons flock during the winter. Please select 4K quality. While most of the racing pigeons are kept in the lofts during winter and get "preventive" medication, I tried the opposite with these experimental birds: winter flying and no medication. Watch the finest products of natural selection. I present only the best finalist pigeons that I don't fly at the club, but keep them as free range breeding pigeons and as a base for next winter's team. 00:00 - Raptors VS. Racing Pigeons (winter season 2022-2023) 01:07 - Falcon attacking at roof level to make the pigeons go up; see how it slowly drives them up in the sky after the initial attack. 06:39 - As always, the falcon goes after the pigeon that changes direction less than the others and stays on the falcon's acceleration path. 11:14 - The falcon pair communicating; after this discussion, the female left and the male started to hunt, and got two pigeons that day. 14:09 - The pigeons separated in 2 groups and the falcon attacks both of them and is not getting tired. The pigeons were able to reunite but soon after that the falcon attacks them again. 17:38 - "Falcon race arrivals" - After about 2 hours of being chased by the falcon up in the sky, the pigeons start to return to the loft, the weak ones first, one by one. These moments are full of adrenaline because the hawk waits for them to come to the loft and attacks when they almost got home. While it chases one, several others are able to enter the loft. Some of them go back up at the falcon level to reunite with the flock. 20:33 - Finally they almost got to the loft... but the hawk attacks them from above dropping like a stone. 21:09 - The old 2017 female "Coronita" saves the flock again by going far away with the falcon chasing her. After fooling the falcon, she comes back with extreme speed and you can hear the sound of fast feathers. 21:42 - Arriving home after another busy day with 2+ hours fast flying session with multiple falcon and hawk attacks. Now meet the finalists, the best fliers. 22:53 - 916-2016-M "The Veteran". Ambassador's oldest son from the winter team. He has been facing raptor attacks since 2016 when he was a young late bred. 7 years experience with probably thousands of attacks seen, some of them being on himself as a falcon chase. He's the Captain of the flock. 23:30 - 718-2017-F "Coronita". Grand-granddaughter of Ambassador. 23:48 - 3122018-F "Randunica". Daughter of The Veteran, she is the smallest bird from the flock, extremely agile and light, it's very hard to catch her even inside the loft. The ideal phenotype for mountain areas, I would say. 24:12 - 513-2019-F "Florida". More of a middle distance phenotype, not really my style but she is from two very good racers. Not very tame, might be her last year as a stock bird. Agitated bird, this is the reason she got wounded by the falcon as you can see, even if she is a mature bird, with so many youngsters in the flock. 24:43 - 511-2019-M "Starlingsson" - A very beautiful male, great phenotype but agitated and not a good breeder. Giving another try this year with two youngsters from him. 25:02 - 311-2020-F - Daughter of Ambassador 25:10 - 317-2020-F - Granddaughter of Ambassador 25:23 - 297-2020-M - Grandson of Ambassador. His father was #1 club Marathon 25:33 - 532-2021-M - "Laser" - A younger son of Ambassador 25:47 - 552-2021-M - Grandson of "Coronita" 26:01 - 031-2021-F - Daughter of "Coronita" and "Starlingsson" 26:18 - 039-2021-F - Daughter of Ambassador 26:27 - 040-2021-F - Daughter of Ambassador (nest sister of the previous) 26:40 - 543-2021-F - Daughter of "The Veteran" and "Florida" 26:51 - 110-2022-M - The last son of Ambassador + Several other new entries in the team. 29:20 - "Baby November". This was an experiment I did, I hatched some very late youngsters but since there were too many attacks I kept them in the loft for the winter. Except this one which was very wild and I don't like this kind of bird. I let her fly out and her first flight was on November 1st, when there were already serious hawks and falcon attacks. She was lucky enough that when she trained her wings for the first two days no hawk was around. On the 3rd day she was already flying with the flock managing to stay in the flock even in fast direction changes (which is very hard for a young bird just learning to fly). When the hawk attacked, separated her from the flock and did a very close chase but she managed to escape. A few days later the flock went very high in the sky with the falcon and she got separated again and she again managed to escape. From that day on, she got no more individual attacks and integrated perfectly in the flock like a mature bird although she was 1 month or more younger than all the other pigeons. I didn't keep her for stock and she is in the club team now.
Your birds are fantastic. In UK I only seen Goshawk once and many years ago. Very few Peregrines so the pigeons are pretty lazy and safe here. In Eastern Europe, with all that experience of encountering those predators , I believe the racing pigeons are the best. Thank you for another awesome video. Salut
Hi Andrei this is fantastic to watch. Your pigeons are in super health. Just today after our 1st channel race everyone in our village let their young birds out and it is something to watch. About 12 members let out hundreds of pigeons and i thought of you as i heard the crows and all the pigeons went so high it was amazing. I didnt see any getting hit. I hope your racing season is going well and i just love to see your amazing videos. You and your pigeons stay safe.
Hi Graham. I wish you filmed and posted those youngsters, I bet it was a nice scene. You are lucky to have so many fanciers around. My pigeons are the only ones flying in this area, two of my neighbors gave up pigeons and one of them rarely lets them fly. Best wishes to you.
@@Pigeonmaniacom i really should have taken a video of it. i called my daughter out to watch it. Andrei each member here has lots of youngsters probably between 80 to 100 each. I myself have 25 and arent out yet but each day here its like a race liberation. All the best. Happy flying.
Absolute adrenaline rush of the highest class, the instrumental music is epically tasteful. Pigeons and falcons display avational brilliance. Sublime video ( hoping health and safety over your flock!)These birds are the descendants of the heroic pigeons who served in WW1 and WW2! Forever legendary winged masters who saved countless allied lives. You have the backyard life man Chickens and Pigeons ❤
Thanks for sharing another epic episode! I thoroughly enjoyed it! The hawk season is over here in New Jersey and I haven't had any problem with them for some time so that I can focus on my young bird season. You have beautiful and healthy birds. Most of them are checks, for which I'm a big fun too.
It is great that the hawk season is over. We can let the youngsters develop and train in peace. Unfortunately for some people it never ends so they get attacks on young birds which is very bad. My hawk season starts again usually by the end of July when they wean their youngsters. What about there?
@@Pigeonmaniacom the hawk season here starts usually in fall and becomes worse from late October to February/March. A lot of fanciers just lock down their birds during that time. Hawks visit occasionally during summer time, but not that relentlessly. So less harmful. Also we see more red-tailed hawks during this time of year and I think they’re too slow to be a real danger although they may scare inexperienced young birds.
Ne-a plăcut acest videoclip interesant, eu și prietenul meu am urmărit toate evenimentele lui și am fost uimiți de acest spectacol bun. Mulțumesc și pentru aceste păsări autentice care sunt unice prin calitatea lor iar titlul acestui videoclip este dansul morții💖💪
Apreciez acest,,film",este și asta un mod de a creste porumbei voiajori,s-ar putea și eu să aplic aceasta,,regula"am mai mulți decât am posibilitate de ai tine închiși o perioada lunga în iarna asta ,sunt sănătoși și nu-i vreau chinuiți pe perioade lungi in voliera, mă mai gândesc...
@@marianradau3007 Aceste păsări au fost create pentru a zbura pe cer, iar acesta este destinul lor, să-și asume riscuri.Nu este nevoie să le întemnițați și să le îngrășați ca niște viței.Nu trebuie să iubiți prea mult ceva și să vă temeți pentru el, căci asta îi strică valoarea. .
Andrei your filming is becoming so good my friend 👍👍 on my frequented racing pigeon forum (Australia) we have much discussion lately on the natural selection of racing pigeons in regard to the falcon ie those that can handle predation and those that can't, I hope you don't mind but I've shared your video for our members to view drawing attention to your pinned comment . Regards Mark .
Hi mark its mark here where do race from ? we are in horsham vic dad raced all his life rip - Now bro inlaw terry b races them i went on a race toss roadtrip with hin to Broken hill seen 100.s feral goats along the roadside not many pigeons made it back home someone won $10k terrys bird mucked about on the landing board 2mts that cost him a place by 20sec WTF anyway got $800 :) was tired for days after that long trip getting old . Lot the guys here getting old most over 60 70 not to many youngsters take it on nowdays lots work
@@markissboi3583 Hi Mark, I'm flying in south east QLD formerly with the QPF but these days with TDPF . Not a lot of young blokes coming into the game 66yo myself amongst an aging population of fanciers , got my 1st pigeons at the age of 9 and was bitten by the bug immediately. Sending regards from seq cheers .
Helo! Nice work and good pigeons! I have Vienna highflyers but they are easy prey. I have this year crossed with racing pigeons short distance. Hibrid pigeons are much more like racing pigeons,they fly not very high and are smart,fast and I have only 5 young birds lost this year. Pure blod highflyers over 25.
I also live in the mountains of Japan and I race pigeons, there are also too many hawks and falcons, but I just don't know what I should do. in a day I lose 3-5 pigeons how many pigeons do you feed? and what age do you let them out? how many times do you feed a day? I hope you can answer, this is a big help to me, thank you very much!
I am lucky I don't get attacks in summer when my young birds learn to fly. As for the winter when I filmed this, I feed them once a day after the flight and keep them very light. But for racing you can't keep them too light. It also helps to select for small body size and naturally light body types. Marathon better than short distance birds.
Pot sa-i las sa intre pe usa mare cand e cazul... oricum pe gaura cea mica pot intra si 3 porumbei simultan, doar ca se blocheaza imediat ca daca nu e mancare nu vor sa intre, doar stau si se uita in interior. 😆
You got ambassador in 2004 and first son is in 2016 why is there so much gap.... 2ndly how may females have been with ambassador before whale... I guess all the offsprings of ambassador's are not from him and whale... Also can u tell if there has been any evolution in these 20 years from ambassador's to his final baby... Like flying evolution or size or Behavior anything else
Got Ambasador in another location and I raced his offspring, then I took a break and another fancier kept him for some years. Yup, I had him with many females, the Veteran is hatched with another female, not Whale. Evolution... like it happens with most of the pigeons I get, they become smaller in size here in just 1-2 generations. Even the turtle doves are smaller here than the ones down in the town. Behavior of pigeons depends on the genetic lottery and what the female has to offer. Although Whale is extremely tame and Ambassador is also tame enough, I got some wild birds out of them that I couldn't believe it. But not all are similar so... we breed many and select.
@@Pigeonmaniacom you're welcome Andrei. I have a question: Do your pigeons have the "pigeon lousy fly"? If they do, what treatment do you use to control these annoying blood sucking insects.
@@guillermoperez2750 I had to google it, I didn't know what that insect is. We don't have it here, probably because of the lower temperatures. Only this week I was finally able to stay in a t-shirt in the garden. I do have problems with the nest mites that suck the blood of the youngsters. I tried all the spray brands available, some of them do not work at all, some of them work for a few days and then they are back. The same bugs are in the chicken's coop.
Hi my bird of prey friend.✌ I finally found time to watch the video. This is the best thing about pigeon breeding when the raptor comes to hunt the pigeons. It's a feeling of adrenaline, fascination, enthusiasm, fear for the pigeon and hope that the bird of prey will fly away without a pigeon. At the moment, the birds of prey don't come to me anymore. From mid-March I stopped letting my pigeons fly because they were breeding. I've been letting them out again since May, but fortunately no more attacks. From September there will be war in the sky again. Thanks for sharing your attacks.
Hi why Dont you paint red stripe of red paint on the underwing of the pigeons with the animal friendly paint as well a a spot on there back . Farms use it on cows goats sheep
Aussie from Ozstraya dad raced pigeons now bro inlaw has them vic oz dad in his L8tr years said he made more $ selling squabs at sales uno how it works you ring it gold bander or what ever and you look after it breeder you get $5k and buyer gets $5k example every race it wins
It’s kinda hard to tell in the video but it’s almost looks as if the pigeons are matching if not flying higher than the falcons altitude, to prevent falcon from gaining the upper hand, the falcons added speed while in dive? Wow pigeons really are one of natures strongest flyers with out being in a dive . I wonder If a pair of falcons have ever attempted your beast mode pigeon. 😂
Hi andrie i am watching your video from 4 years i am from winipeg canada and i also want to purchase some racing pigeons as i am a beginner and i don't know from where i have to purchase so can you please tell me how can i purchase pigeons in winipeg canada
@@Pigeonmaniacom On the other channel I actually make nature adventure videos with my children in German. But since I have some viewers who have subscribed to the channel because of the Hawk attacks and come from other countries, people don't understand our German videos. We also have many children who watch our adventure videos but find the raptor attacks boring. I notice that the channel is no longer growing. That's why I want to separate it. I will gradually delete the videos with the attacks and publish them on the new channel. And in the future I will only publish the videos here.
@@HawkAttacks Good idea to keep things separated. Too bad the pigeons hobby is slowly disappearing, not many kids start raising pigeons nowadays. But anyway, they wouldn't start raising pigeons by seeing videos, they need to get some pigeons as presents, to interact with them so the pigeons can do their magic.
