All of us from the school's bench know thatthe eagle represents an incredible power, the hawk is treacherous, and the falcon - the swiftness and irresistibility of the attack! Of all these predators, it is the falcon - the bird, what is called, the world! About him and talk.
As is known, the largest birds fromthe Falcon family are the peregrine falcon, the gyrfalcon and the Saker Falcon. Falcon is a lightning bird! He is very fast in his flight and masterly owns different methods of air combat!
Thunderstorm Air
Falcons are playing in the air!They do not need to overtake any duck or guillemot, plunge the land of quite large geese, bustard, and also cope with armed sharp beaks by herons! Ornithologists say that falconry is the highest aerobatics of this bird!
Debriefing
The attacking falcon bird (photo 2) is about twokilograms of steel muscles and simply indestructible bones, rushing at a crazy speed (more than 200 km / h)! His foul blow is inflicted by the whole body, as well as clawed paws. Then the predator begins to slow down a little, to stay alive. Ornithologists watched as after such a blow in the air for a while the "cloud" of feathers and down of the unfortunate victim still floated. That's how he is so terrible - this falcon!
Predator birds From the Falcon family possess the skills of differentmethods of hunting. For example, sometimes predators are engaged in patrolling the territory at a tremendous height, and then they strike accurately on target the airborne prey on the ground. All this is accompanied by a sharp dive. Ornithologists conducted research and were amazed at the speed with which the diving predator rushes to its victim. For example, Peregrine Falcons do this at speeds of up to 300 (!) Km / h! This same mind is incomprehensible! Can you imagine what would happen if these birds hunted people?
One beak is good, and two is even better!
Falcon is a single bird, but in rare caseslarge individuals practice pair hunting. How does this happen? One of them is planning right above the ground, and the other is guarding the prey in the sky. Then the lower falcon begins to lift the birds sitting on the ground upward, trying to catch them. In fact, this is a tricky trick aimed at confusing the poor fellow, confusing them. After that, a second predator, hovering above the earth, hits the frightened birds flying into the air! There are practically no chances to save the victims.
Masters of the business
Falcon is a bird that has no equal inair hunting! As already mentioned above, these predators have a whole arsenal of all sorts of hunting techniques. A man from ancient times was engaged in the exploitation of the hunting abilities of Peregrine Falcons. This allowed hawk-hawkers, with the help of their "pets," to extract rabbits, ducks, pheasants, partridges.
Falconry is considered a very ancient occupation.After all, peregrine falcons exist on our planet for a very long time. In addition, they have no natural enemies. The bird is widespread everywhere and, provided there is no hunting on it, a person can exist even in large cities. For example, in Moscow, peregrine falconers nest on the roof of Moscow State University, located on the Vorobyovy Gory.
