In the realm of nature's astonishing feats, the recent journey of a female European Honey Buzzard Bird stands as a remarkable testament to the indomitable spirit of avian travelers. Fitted with a cutting-edge satellite tracking system in Finland, this intrepid bird embarked on an extraordinary adventure that captivated the hearts and minds of locals, as she traversed over … [Read more...] about Incredible Journey: GPS-Tracked Falcon’s 10,000 Km Flight from South Africa to Finland
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Nose Dive: Falcons & Gannets
Of all the powers of the animal world that humans have envied and engineered into submission, nothing has become a more overdone trope of this desire than the flight of birds. In our endeavor to understand flight, we have broken down the components of aerodynamics into something we can quantify, calculate, and model. This approach has obviously worked quite well for us. Just … [Read more...] about Nose Dive: Falcons & Gannets
Vile Falcons Hold Birds Captive Before Eating Them
Other birds have been seen being "imprisoned" by falcons in Morocco's Essaouira archipelago for several days before being fed to the young. Abdeljebbar Qninba from Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, noticed the peculiar behavior in 2014 while performing a falcon census on the island of Mogador, and he published it in the most recent issue of the journal Alauda. … [Read more...] about Vile Falcons Hold Birds Captive Before Eating Them