When Falcons Attack 

You definitely are doing a fantastic job in protecting the Peregrine Falcon! I go to a place called "Hawk Mountain" and they do this frequently to monitor hawks and owls. Thank you for doing what you do to help preserve these beautiful raptors!!

Considering how they primarily attack by punching, that helmet was a good choice.

Thanks for posting this video, beautiful birds.

Peregrine falcon:- what the fuck are you doing in my area you bloody human??? Get out from here.

Its great that you are helping!! Great Job!! i'm a license falconer and enjoy seeing biologist helping the cause bringing back the birds!!

Fascinating that this doesn't affect the relationship with her young, as you've said above. I only wish the animals understood you were trying to help them. Unfortunate that they can't.

You can tell how mad she just by looking at her facial expression at 4:06

Great video! Really shows what the banders go through in order to later identify the chicks as they make their way through the falcon world. We humans have come far in understanding the importance of all species and what it takes to safeguard them for future generations. We aren't perfect, but Rachel Carson led the way for this research. Thank you for your contributions here.

We need these birds . They keep small birds away from big buildings and away from airports . Research is a big key to keeping them alive and well Good Job

Wow, great parents, they defend better than bald eagles!

Great work. Wonderful birds.

I agree with you, but once you get them back when they're thriving you should leave them alone. They're not wanting to have a personal relationship with humans. The ones that do relate to them compassionately, but many don't. Those are the ones you should leave alone unless they need emergency help. Otherwise, leave them alone.

Just had a run in, literally, yesterday w/ our male Peregrine while checking the feeder for our Carpodacus mexicanus. Have witnessed a couple being snatched and hauled away in their talons. He comes within 10 ft to ogle. Beautiful markings. This video and the height issue is what makes me a tad bit nervous.

Great EDUCATIONAL VIDEO thank you so much you are so right by the way ;)

BEAUTIFUL.

Other countries have far more expertise at interacting with wild birds, and they do all the banding and etc right in the nest. This is much less traumatic for adults and juveniles alike. I recommend that you watch some of the videos on utube and learn from their methods.

Those are some very mad birds. But it's for a good cause. Here's hoping you guys manage to help these birds thrive. But there's no way you'd EVER get me on that ledge, let alone with two very angry falcons wanting to encourage me to leave. :D

An old wives tale passed down to children for generations so that kids don't go bothering nests when they ought not be. Also, so kids don't bring home a baby EVERY-little-critter-they-find.

The Birds of Prey dont know why you do it... They do it to protect thier kids... How would a human react if a Falcon would pick up thier baby ????

it went for the eyes

Dude John is metal

Ive been dive bombed by a mating pair , here in NZ for an hour i had to belly crawl out of they gully they were nesting in , such a thrill

I was just hoping for Le Bird to ..... ,😭😭

Leave these damn animals alone

1. Maybe a little more eye protection. 2. "Molesting" the nest might be effecting the birds by providing a (perceived) predator normally absent in this setting but not always in the natural setting. This may also keep them from becoming too accepting of people.

Hey, did you happen to know of a peregrine falcon who fledged from your city named Piggot? I do not have the band name, but she nests on the building I work at in Syracuse, NY. She had 2 successful fledges this year; Both Females Aurora (NY DEC Tag 88/AX and Gloria (89/AX). A third (Male, Churchill) hatched and fledged, but disappeared soon thereafter, probably predated by something bigger than him.I almost had the privilege of photographing the banding, but the NYS DEC already completed doing so, BUT I was able to photograph both Piggot and George making a racket and dive-bombing the DEC biologists. In short, the peregrine pair mated in late March, (yes, this was captured on the nest cam set up...) , I and another birder friend of mine witnessed two eggs that were laid in April - the webcam malfunctioned soon afterwards due to a storm. It is estimated that three of the eggs hatched around the second week of May (a fourth was not viable). On June 3, 2015, the DEC banded the eyases as I noted above. On June 19 2015, the first fledge (Aurora). A worker in the building and I identified the first fledge through photographs that I took (He identified Aurora through her band), and I reported the fledge on a facebook page dedicated to those of us that participate in falcon watches (make sure the fledges do not fly into traffic, etc.) and keep track of their progress. By the first week of August, it was evident that the 2 fledglings left the area for they were not seen since. I last saw Piggott resting on the building on the second week of August. Both adults are now being spotted on various buildings around town, but I expect to see them back from time to time within the coming months.Falcons have been breeding successfully for over 9 years in Syracuse. In 2014, the count of that single fledge that year was the one that took the peregrine falcons off the endangered species list in NY State. Again, from mating through tagging, contact with the peregrines is avoided so they have a successful brood of eyases. By the time the DEC biologists come in, the falcons are fine; they WILL defend the nest, BUT it does not cause them any harm.

Come on guys, this is an Obvious commercial for STANDARD LIFE.. posing as a falcon video :P

Sad at how ignorant most people are about nature.

Angry birds, not so fun in real life

i feel like there are things we shouldn't do, regardless of if it's for research. this poor mother feared for her babies' lives for so long, and had no idea what could have been done to them while they were gone. kidnapping human children for research purposes would be considered unethical, so why isn't it for birds? i really do understand people are trying to help, but this is just cruel

the banding etc allows biologists to be able to track where the chicks end up as adults if they are lucky enough to survive to adulthood and mate. I believe one of the chicks from that year and locaiton (Durand) is now raising a chick in Columbus Ohio from what I've been watching and reading about her on the Ohio site regarding peregrines.

@CyanideButterfly Still with the unfounded coments. Sure, we go through all this just to make the bird upset. Putting the bands on is not for entertainment. It is for tracking the birds so we can protect current and future habitats.

uh...the guy just forgot to say the fastest bird and SEXIEST on the planet

cool

how much harm could she do to him had he not been wearing the helmet

BTW Peregine Falcons have been clocked at 389 KM/hr. check wiki

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Might this intrusion affect the mothers relationship with her young?

FAAAALCON PUUUUUNCH!!! :D

4:44. FALCON PUNCH!!!!!!

wildnutria and robdemac show so much knowledge in their statements...yeah lets just keep on doing nothing, because thats worked so well in the past. You have to be proactive in protection; not apathetic and think that the problem will just correct itself.

angry birds

Falcon: ''ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ''

You ARE 6... lovin it :)

I think you should wear more protection.

no he said god damn birds

Birds on acid 2:16

I understand your science Cornell thing,but I did wish the mother would have made more of an impact on the kid scientist.

they should have removed and replaced the youngsters individually, one after the other so the nest is always containing young.

what are you doing there ??

fuckkkkkkennnnn Birddddddd

Madame X :(

@samfrompakistan It's evident you don't understand a bit of it. Like the rest of so called concerned people, you think nowadays wild life can make it on it's own. With out falconry (and falconers) you weren't seeing these birds.. OR would be tagged as "extremely rare footage of a peregrine falcon"

this same method is done for many birds. tampering with nest will not make the mother abandon the nest only the inexperience mothers do that but that is rare as sometimes the male is experience or vice versa. i know this is a different species of bird completely but i had a mother parakeet abandon her baby not because i touched (which in fact i had to get to the food that was near the nest in the cage) i took the baby and gave him to another female who was caring for her own eggs. birds lack a sense of smell so they cant smell humans. putting a camera near the nest will not do anything to the chicks banding them wont do anything either. the bands will help track the chicks if they were ever in an incident that caused death or injury. or to see how they are doing if they were spotted in the furture

i hate falcons, they got 2 of my pegions. :(

@CyanideButterfly FYI. The birds are actually recovering because of programs like this. Please do some research and know what you are talking about before you go spouting all over the internet. Check the other comments in this thread for some examples.

@sgtSNIPESHOWsgt I highly doubt falcons are physically capable of "kicking", nor are they willing enough to attempt to attack a human where the habitat in which they live in is predominately human. I'm sure you're crying right now, so go ask your mom for a piece of candy so you can feel all better.

They should just leave them alone

Hi,good job. i did it few years ago. peregrine are nasty but sometimes very funny!! I try to catch it then you have no problems!

Far to many falcons these days...they are killing the sport of racing pigeons and should be culled to limit the numbers. They are not endangered!!!

@samfrompakistan So you are an expert then? I volunteer for the experts and act under their direction so unless you have a PHD in falconry then you shouldn't criticize. It doesn’t change the fact that you are commenting on something that you are not qualified to. You come to my video making accusations of disturbing the birds for the sake of a video. You obviously did not watch the video or listen to it or you would know exactly why we were there and what we were doing. Comment about facts only.

its so irritating and dangerous, went to my roof, and a falcon started attacking me without any reason, it would not leave me alone, wish i had a machine gun, would have dropped it dead, i was fighting it with my tshirt 🤣

WFT

@sgtSNIPESHOWsgt I am a wildlife rehabber! That is misleading info about many animals in the wild. Do your research before you attack professional people that probably have more of an education than you.

oh.... you are six..... thanks for clarifying.

wacht bird extreme

@wildnutria No, the problem with people is that they destroy the earth. Then those in the minority have to help animals like this back form the brink of extinction, which is what we have done over the last 15 years with the falcons at this site.

@RobDeManc No it doesn't.

@CyanideButterfly Your level of ignorance is truely amazing. We have been working this and many other nest sites for over 20 years, No parents have EVER abandoned a nest after the banding. Again, these are professional biologists and you are not. Get some facts before you comment.

NOw u have just fun with them .. Do ur job & go save some other birds .. ur Annoying them..

@samfrompakistan You, like some of the other idiots, have no idea what you are talking about. This was not done to upload a video to youtube, we are volunteers who risk our lives to get this job done for biologists (you know, people with an education). Every effort is made to reduce the disturbance of the birds including not using certain tools and techniques that would actually make us safer. Please don't comment on things that you clearly do not understand.

Well theres a lot of emotion. Its funny! Aint NO fun for the humans! Poor parents are truly POd. So many bad things could happen. BAnding aint for the squeemish

Just leave them a loan to settle on our big buildings, now there getting back. eg London I see them every 2 weeks. Leave them aloan now! US ! Your stressing them out just like The Middle East! Saker et Lannerar

That's not good! Someday you will pay for what you did!!!!!

I wish that dude fell down

@sgtSNIPESHOWsgt Are you 6 years old? Not only are we acting under the direction of professional biologists, this is done around the world every day to help monitor endangered birds. Considering that this nest site has been in constant use by the same parents for over 15 years with banding happening every year and no effect on the young, I call bs on your comment. This is an old wives tale and I can't fathom that you think its true. Do some research before you shoot your mouth off.

You sir are an idiot. I'd like to see you not curse in a situation like that.

@CyanideButterfly FYI. The birds are actually recovering because of programs like this. Please do some research and know what you are talking about before you go spouting all over the internet. Check the other comments in this thread for some examples.