Birds of Play

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

Falcons and hawks playing with my racing pigeons. Please select 4K video quality. Years ago I started filming birds of prey attacking my pigeons because I found it fascinating and also because I didn't like the myth pigeons fanciers kept saying, that the falcon never fails. I think I posted hundreds of falcon attacks failing. Then some fanciers changed their mind. I am being told that the birds of prey only play and they don't want to seriously attack. I am also told I hide the losses and promote the wrong idea that birds of prey never win. I always updated in the comments about losses and also posted some falcon winning videos. As of Jan 27, 2023, there are 9 pigeons taken and 80 still surviving. I also removed a few lazy, sick or wounded birds from this flock. So, here are some new clips of "birds of play", playing with my pigeons. My years of selection and learning how to maximise survival are worthless, the experience of pigeons that had hundreds of falcon and hawk attacks are worthless, the birds of prey just play. I don't know why fanciers keep their pigeons locked in the lofts for the cold half of the year, the birds of prey just want to play... ;) 00:00 - Birds of Play 01:10 - Close-up footage of a mature falcon flying. 03:54 - Single pigeon ruining the entire flock strategy. 04:40 - Normally, a small flock of 100% fit pigeons wouldn't wait for a hawk after starting a sprint like this, but this flock is too big and there are some bad pigeons in it, so they decide to wait for the hawk in the end. 10:22 - "Safety in numbers" - when you separate from the flock, get ready for a serious sprint. 12:18 - My pigeons are very healthy, look, they drop a lot of down feathers, even in flight. :)) 13:37 - I think this is the moment when the falcon took "Red Alert", she was the only one diving on the direction of the falcon, a mistake that many pigeons did when they were taken. 14:01 - Random rocket pigeon. 14:09 - Airplanes. After a very hard intense match with the falcon, after seeing it taking a pigeon and knowing they are safe after that, the entire flock of survivor pigeons dives down at the loft almost with no more wing beats, like airplanes. 15:26 - When the flock comes back home, the pigeons that survived individual chases with the falcon and got to hide in the loft get out again to join the flock.

[@guillermoperez2750]

Your comment is priceless, to the point...no hard feelings. 😉

[@nicubucaloiu9100]

Oh, the sarcasm! 🤭

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

@@nicubucaloiu9100 😆

[@danielhuber4953]

This is of the best "wildlife" vids i have seen. Ask David Attenburough to comment. Seriously, if he sees this beauty You created, who could resist.. LOVE

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

Oh, thank you.

[@OuseynouDia-zp9ih]

Merci ❤❤❤

[@guillermoperez2750]

The suspense music makes of this a very unique experience. Your videos are pure gold friend. ✨️

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

Thank you, glad you enjoy.

[@blancloft]

Spectacular!

[@bradmitchell3765]

I like the way your birds dropped when you whistled! Nothing worse than having a bird that won't trap on race day, just wanders around the sky. Especially on a short race.

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

I don't even have to whistle in winter, cold weather plus controlled light feed make them very responsive. Whenever I go to the loft they drop from the sky knowing I will bring the food... I have to stay away from the loft if I want them to fly.

[@codrinptpt]

I think when they dropped it’s because the falcon got that beautiful red pigeon and what it meant it was: game over. Pls correct me if I’m wrong

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

@@codrinptpt Yes, I think they noticed the falcon left so they were safe to go down with no dive bombing. It was a very long chase so they were happy to "game over", I rarely see them like this, all like airplanes with no wing beats.

[@jibrankhan5119]

Enjoyed a lot, Thanks for sharing your Top Class Amazing Birds Video, they are the real WARRIORS.

[@МаксимКоролёв-о7о]

Атаки просто пушка!🦅🦅🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️👍

[@zuhaibkhan5610]

Like the courage of those single chased pigeon 💕

[@RFRP]

Another nice video of multiple hunts. Its impressive how efficient the tight can swerve in unison to avoid a peregrine dive.

[@АлексейМокров-з2и]

Красота! Музыка в тему.

[@mrlovepet]

Birds flying is so amazing.

[@brahimbarboza209]

Beautiful birds, like small fish, swimming. Great video and professional educator. I wish you success in your flights. Greetings from Algeria🤗💖

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

Thank you. Indeed, I like to see them as small fish in the ocean doing the fast direction changes in perfect sync.

[@brahimbarboza209]

@@Pigeonmaniacom This is evidence of its perfect readiness to fly, especially in speed, elusiveness and accuracy of vision👍💪

[@valonseferi4617]

That peregrine falcon is so dam fast

[@PPALoft]

I think this was one of the videos that included one whole flight and that's what makes it a study. I tried to figure out part of the pigeons' strategy and from what I can tell, they always react as a flock to whatever move the falcon is making, even when that is not a direct attack. It must be realted to their position and how they calculate the falcon's needed time and moves to reach them or surprise them. Indeed, those separating themselves from the flock are easier targets but for example the falcon preffers to keep tracking the flock, while the hawk likes to follow individuals more. Is there any other things you've noticed? Or am I wrong?

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

Yes, most of the time the hawk focuses more on separated individuals maybe because it doesn't have the energy to chase the flock for minutes like the falcon does. With the falcon, you never know, which makes it even more interesting. Sometimes it goes after separated pigeons, sometimes it goes after the flock. Sometimes it starts a chase after a separated pigeon and it suddenly gives up, going after another one. It is always on the move and you never know what's next. It has a complicated mind. The most successful attacks I saw were the ones like at the end of this video when it took Red Alert... bombing the flock with max speed and breaking them in the middle, looking for the pigeon that remains on the falcon's direction of attack the most (the more they suddenly change direction, the more they cut falcon's speed, so they try to change at least 90 degrees if not more, ideally 180 degrees under the falcon).

[@involver4499]

one of the best pigeons in this world,well trained to face raptors 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@hendry147147]

With the pigeons flying and getting hit by the hawks around your loft does help them but I honestly don’t think it’s does help them when they’re on race day, they are far away from home and panic … resulting in not coming back. I don’t think we have no chance of stopping the bird of prey issues unless a disease start wiping them out for a few years…

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

@@hendry147147 I don't care about racing as much as I did years ago and I do this winter flying just for my pleasure. However, just an interesting note: last year our first long distance race over the mountains from Poland was a big smash, many losses. I lost all my yearlings, except 2 late breds from the winter falcon team, one of them beating all my matures, being the first home and the only young bird on the club in the race day.

[@livingwithraptors6173]

Mamă ce atacuri😮

[@edchristophergo643]

Shout out sir watching from Philippines

[@misterx6492]

Ce nebunie cui trebueste asa ceva una si aceiasi Аm fost si eu columbofil, e mai mare placerea sa adori porumbeii jucstori de bachini ori jucatori din Uzbechistan

[@gaidariranianpigeonsusa5794]

Cool 👌

[@МикаилГадиев-з4ч]

Прекрасные голуби 👏

[@Mdc7748]

Great video!! Thank you for making it. Did the “town pigeons join yours in flight?

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

No, the feral pigeons never join, they only fly at roof level and just for a short time. My pigeons fly for about 1-1,5 hours.

[@Dimarik73rus]

Away with all business, do not disturb me for 17 minutes🤣🤣

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

Yeah, especially since there are some HAWKS in the video. 😆

[@Dimarik73rus]

@@Pigeonmaniacom Lol. at 2:10, by the presence of a flock of vranovs in the distance, I already realized that a hawk would be 90% in the frame 😆

[@jonijum8916]

@@Dimarik73rus привет Дима посмотри 3:30 голуби молодцы хорошо стояли под ястребом

[@jonijum8916]

@@Dimarik73rus наши голуби бы в этой стаей не выжили

[@Dimarik73rus]

@@jonijum8916 привет, в стае да, так же как и спортивному в стае мелких венгров тяжело было бы держаться. Здесь почта держит большую скорость. Высоколеты наоборот реще петляют. В идеале когда стая петляя не теряет высоту, именно это добивается ястреб, чтоб разбить их надо крышами или землёй. Сизари и галки стараются петлять без потери высоты когда хищник стоит выше. Особенно галки. Бывало галки наоборот высоту брать пытались. Давно не видел качественную атаку ястреба по галкам, как это было в 00 года.

[@ТаймуразЦарионов]

Как голуби чётко одной командой работают . Эти голуби достойны уважения , АССЫ воздушного боя !

[@stelianmariusghit784]

👍👍👍

[@erdenaykarabudak4090]

Last week, I had a goshawk attack on my rooftop while I was chasing my racers in the sky with the rainbow but my birds' reaction was great so I love my racers peregrine falcon and they were victorious against the goshawk 🏆

[@gothamsbirdman9500]

Great message I don’t lock up my birds during the winter 👍 great video as always how often does the falcon come by when you fly your birds ?

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

Yup, I know, I like your videos. I think I missed the last ones but will watch. I would say 75% of the days I release them in winter I get hawk or falcon attacks. What about you?

[@gothamsbirdman9500]

@@Pigeonmaniacom Cooper’s hawksand red tail every day falcons about every 3 days ! supposedly there is a virus here in the USA that’s affecting all the hawks except for the coopers … falcons this year not as bad as last year 🙌…. Thanks for watching my videos 👍

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

@@gothamsbirdman9500 Hawks daily. Wow, that's really stressful for the pigeons, with the hawks so bold coming at the loft. I always prefer a falcon instead.

[@gothamsbirdman9500]

@@Pigeonmaniacom I hear this from other bird guys but for me I prefer 3 hawks no falcons once the falcons hit my birds they do not want to go up.

[@Dimarik73rus]

@@gothamsbirdman9500 you have slightly different hawks. Cooper, although fast, cannot attack the pigeon all the time. Cooper is too small for that. The second, if I'm not mistaken, is the red-tailed hawk. The second is a very slow and not agile predator. The goshawk is completely different, it is slightly slower than Cooper. the goshawk may eat pigeons every day. In Russia, in some provinces, the diet of the goshawk is up to 90% precisely pigeons.

[@sergey3928]

💪💪💪💪👌

[@kevindobbin6684]

Unbelievable video and amazing to watch pity about Red Alert

[@phillbird6416]

I just discovered your channel. Excellent video and interesting to see the behaviors of the BoPs and the pigeons. It looks like the birds are flying to the music. Where are you located?

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

Thank you Phill and welcome. My loft is by the Carpathian mountains in Romania.

[@phillbird6416]

It looks like a very beautiful area.

[@iamandrug]

Top ❤

[@TH.89]

how long do your pigeons fly in one piece

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

It depends. Now in winter they fly 1,5-2 hours if there are many events (attacks). There are days when they don't fly much, less than 20 minutes especially when very hungry or I call them in because of bad weather.

[@stevenmaniacup1303]

🌞🌕🌏🇵🇭😅🔥good afternun

[@briananderson2016]

Do you think the goshawk are the worst or the peregrines?

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

Hi Brian. Goshawks are the worst.

[@JASPREETSINGH-ms5hp]

I saw bird look like Red Alert in the flight at 10:14 😍

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

Might be her before disappearing or her son which is still alive and looks like her.

[@JASPREETSINGH-ms5hp]

@@Pigeonmaniacom 👍

[@jonijum8916]

you will not stream and answer questions there?

[@Dimarik73rus]

The good video. A flock of sporting pigeons uses a higher speed than their wild ancestors. But how much it helps is not yet clear. The hawk still easily overtakes them, while not even particularly working with its wings. The purpose of the hawk is not only to wait for someone to panic and separate from the pack. The goal of the hawk is to lower the flock of pigeons to the ground, where he is the best sprinter. I have seen many times before how a flock of jackdaws or pigeons resisted an adult hawk. I had to see the attacks of 2 different hawks at the same time. A flock of wild pigeons constantly changed direction, but tried not to descend. And the jackdaws so generally tried to climb up.

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

Why the worst video? I thought it was better than the older ones. Now we have snow and it is freezing, I had the falcon pair attacking today and then a MATURE hawk. It came after a pigeon right in the garden but the pigeon escaped.

[@Dimarik73rus]

@@Pigeonmaniacom Hi. this is a stupid translator, instead of "good" he translated "worst"

[@PPALoft]

I wonder what your reaction is when you see the falcon getting close to one of them pigeons. I know myself being all noisy and trying to whistle or hit things to disconnect the attack but it never works :)))

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

My reaction is to breath less to induce less shaking on the video when the camera is in max zoom. 🤣

[@PPALoft]

@@Pigeonmaniacom :))) haven't thought of that one :)) I think that is a moment of mixed feeligs: wishing that the hawk or falcon gets me rid of the lazy or unhealthy ones but at the same time not being able to give up on them yet.

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

@@PPALoft I prefer to release them far away than to feed the hawks with them. The more and easier they catch pigeons at your place, the more often they will attack.

[@haroonhidayat]

Rip red alert again ,😥

[@pigronslifes]

Wow

[@fatmairembekarca9576]

Have you lost the pigeon to the hawk or was there any injured survivor?

[@EuL_Abenteuer]

Very nice video and there are also very nice attacks on your pigeon. 👍👌 Of course, seeing it live is a completely different experience than in front of the screen. In front of the screen, you don't get the adrenaline you get from live attacks. This is how pigeon breeding is really fun if you let your birds fly even in winter and then experience this spectacle of nature. That's exactly what I do. The birds of prey have a really hard time getting to your food. 😅😂

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

Some of the falcon attacks very high in the sky are actually better on the video because with the naked eye you can't see them well. Yeah, it is all very interesting and like a strategy computer game. The breeding and developing the pigeon strain over the years is also a great experience, can't wait to breed the next generation from the best of them. I also love seeing the oldest ones "graduating" another season. My pigeons are ok, but I wish I had ones that crash hawks into buildings, like yours. 🤣🤣🤣👍

[@EuL_Abenteuer]

@@Pigeonmaniacom Pigeon breeding is like a computer game for adults. 😅😅😅 A shooter game. Aim of the game, try to avoid the sniper and survive 🤣🤣🤣. You live in a very nice area. The view of the snowy mountains is fantastic. You breed pigeons so that they can avoid the birds of prey and I breed a very special breed that only I have. A race that should eradicate the hawk 😂😂😂 I had a really nice attack from the hawk a few days ago. Unfortunately I couldn't film it. It was too far away and very high. I couldn't see that with the naked eye. Only with my binoculars could I observe how the hawk flew high into the sky after an unsuccessful attack after the pigeons and from there fell about 200 meters like a stone from the sky onto the pigeons and caught one.

[@highflyergiribus4919]

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[@shernelson2624]

What is the hawk catches your pigeons

[@highflyergiribus4919]

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[@haroonhidayat]

1sssssstttt 😅😅😅😝

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

🤣😝

[@FloridaHappyHarvestGarden]

There like school of fish getting hunted by barracuda!

[@alanjpoole7274]

To Much! :-)

[@Pigeonmaniacom]

Hehe Alan. And they want more! 😆

[@مقتدىالاسدي-ط7ف]

🧨💣💣💣

[@clockworkolive8533]

10:25 OMG

[@poketfm8254]

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[@sarahbannister4456]

😂

[@namaloomsepahe3952]

If this thing disturb my pegieons believe me I will shoot it I love my pegieons they are my children's 🤗

[@involver4499]

one of the best pigeons in this world,well trained to face raptors 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@paullingurar5518]

👍👍👍