Peregrine Falcon attacked by Kestrel / Slechtvalk aangevallen door Torenvalk

Peregrine Falcon is attacked by the much smaller Kestrel, diving from above, probably because of a territorial dispute
(Falco Pergegrinus)
Slechtvalk wordt aangevallen door de veel kleinere Torenvalk, die duikvlucht neer op de slechtvalk maakt, waarschijnlijk vanwege territoriaal onenigheid

[@lordsoar9720]

Great footage of species interaction,your camera skill are to be admired.....

[@NatureBelgium]

Prachtige video! Dit is echt geweldig! De torenvalken zijn echt mooi

[@peterlubbers5947]

That kestrel walks (flies) a fine line indeed..Beautiful camerawork what a sight this is indeed!👌

[@austin1839]

I doubt that the Peregrine is very concerned and the Kestrel knows not to push the issue.

[@TheGreatOne16439]

I never saw any "attack", what's with the misleading Title??

[@redjered1603]

aren't fake attacks or attacks without contact no attacks at all?

[@TheGreatOne16439]

They're more like "attempts".

[@bruzote]

@@TheGreatOne16439 - I don't think these are attempted attacks. They are just harassing feints.

[@lori5455]

Kestrels are tough little falcons. I have never seen anything able to keep up with a Peregrine's maneuvers .

[@christinestill5002]

Fascinating how they use their tails to steer

[@SjaakShirly6559]

Is de slechtvalk nou groter dan een torenvalk of lijkt dat maar zo? Genoten van deze video. Dank!

[@redjered]

Dankje , een slechtvalk is bijna net zo groot als een buizerd maar daardoor ook minder wendbaar en daarom makkelijker aan te vallen als andersom.

[@SjaakShirly6559]

redjered dankjewel voor je toelichting.

[@redjered4490]

Vrouwtje slechtvalk is bijna zo groot als een buizerd en dus veel groter dan de torenvalk, mannetje is iets kleiner maar nog steeds groter dan de torenvalk

[@victorpearson1418]

Juvenile Falcon , not yet a confident flier . Looks like it is still warming up . Kestrel adult bird maybe with fledged young nearby . Not a serious encounter . Seen similar many times .

[@chloexobella7541]

I love these stuff😍😜

[@yolo9050]

Kind of wish you hadn't zoomed in so much on the falcon. I wanted to see how the Kestral came in on the falcon but he slows down by the time he gets to the falcon.

[@redjered]

Very logical. the kestrel knows that, although the peregrine is less flexible, coming to close is dangerous because he can flip 180 degrees and he would be to fast to avoid the talons pointed to him. In all bird of prey fights the attack is mostly made to their backs or wings and are defended by flipping to point claws to the attacker. See my other confrontations of peregrine attacking buzzard , kestrel attacking buzzard and buzzard attacking white-tailed Eagle. the last one defends also by hitting his attacker by hitting them with their huge wings.

[@redjered]

....and when zooming out to much, it leaves only two dots to look at, they take a great distance to make speed and are hard to keep in view constantly together with the peregrine. Filming fighting birds of prey in the air is making constant choices, because the zoom in and zoom out speed is limited, and because at the point of the impact you want to be zoomed in. So thinking forward is very necessary.

[@yolo9050]

Well obviously you wouldn't zoom out all the way, lol. Just enough to get shots of the kestrel as he's coming in on the falcon. You have a few good shots of the two together and you still see plenty of detail, but then the film zooms back in on the falcon. Perhaps your goal was more to shoot movement than behavior, which if that's the case then that's fine, I simply wish that I had gotten to see more of how the kestrel moves in on the falcon.

[@redjered1603]

it is also hard to predict what they are doing, every time I have this problem. last week with a sparrowhawk and a crow, very unpredictable, although I have plenty of experience. You should try it yourself sometimes. ;) as soon as the attacked bird turns his head the attacker slows down or choses another way. hard to see what the two are seeing or thinking.

[@yolo9050]

I suppose I could, although my shitty ass phone doesn't capture detail unless I'm standing right next to the object, but hey I'll shoot you a whistle when I shoot some pixel blobs for you to see

[@carolinewiggins2803]

Beautiful: poetry in motion.

[@jamesburton5932]

Peregrine is domesticated or used for falconry The Kestrel is wild that's why she is unsure what the Peregrine is Kestrel is acting normally

[@redjered]

Not domesticated, they are wild but ringed. This is a juvenile female not yet very skilled and fattened by it's parents and the nest is nearly to high to reach with her high body weight. This is the nesting box she is brought up in and somehow the kestrel tried to take over the territory trying to chase her away.

[@aliahmed-kv5nt]

the Peregrine was not even alarmed

[@kevinparker461]

Or attacked!!

[@nafawavalzufuh5617]

When two fighters outmaneuvering each other. How much G's those birds can sustain though?

[@user-yk2ts9zh9i]

Nice video.Congratulations!

[@adammcculloch5614]

Not a kestrel. Hobby surely

[@minxella12]

Silly Kestrel, the Peregrine is much faster and stronger. I'm surprised the Peregrine didn't turn the tables and go after the Kestrel.

[@redjered]

Young female peregrines are not fast enough and to clumsy to handle a kestrel.

[@zacharybrown5121]

+redjered aren't male peregrines faster and more agile than females?

[@redjered]

the kestrel is more flexible in the air, the airspeed of the peregrine is faster but needs to build up speed and thus clumsy in short distance confrontations. But the female here just left the nest and is clumsy from inexperience.

[@redjered]

females are indeed heavier and less flexible in the air than males. I've seen female fledgers so stuffed and not yet strong enough, they even couldn't reach their nest anymore because it was to high for them, though it was no problem for her smaller brother.

[@valicaandrei3240]

redjered prost

[@swerne01]

It looks more like this kestrel is escorting the peregrine and keeping an eye on it. I wouldn't even use the word pester for what the kestrel is doing much less attack. The kestrel never folds its wings and dives on the peregrine. That would be an attack.

[@blackshama9]

Peregrine falcon is king of the air