Hawks Eye View

1. Aman@BullsBattleBears
   April 9th, 2009 at 2:20 pm

   That was insane! Great footage!!

2. Dave
   April 9th, 2009 at 2:25 pm

   That was flat-out awesome. Reminds me of dreams I've had.

3. Moon
   April 9th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

   This is a pretty good hobby. You get to stand around in a nice environment drinking beers and BSing with your buddies while the bird does all the work. That's almost a perfect hobby.

   If they are going to turn this into a GAME, though, that bird is going to have to kill something. Grab a fish out of the water. Kill a small animal like a gopher or rabbit, fight with other birds in the air, maybe even grab a small deer (We're gonna need a bigger bird)

4. Miss Cellania
   April 9th, 2009 at 4:38 pm

   I watched the last minute over and over when I first saw this video. It amazes me how the bird can find his man at such an altitude.

5. Johnny Cat
   April 9th, 2009 at 8:11 pm

   Very cool and informative. I never knew birds look aroud so much when they're gliding. But then again, I sure would! Amazing dives, great idea, and I even have no problem with the length of the video.

   Mis C: I did notice the handler parked himself on a fairly unique crossroads, and maybe Mr. Hawk uses cues like that to find him.

6. Christophe
   April 9th, 2009 at 10:20 pm

   I've already seen hawks impressive diving in a show, but this video gives an amazing perspective to it. Neat!

   Miss C., I believe hawk can see 8 times better than humans. I guess that would be enough to find the guy next to the blue van, and I think the rodent hiding next to the front bumper as well!

7. jazzsyx
   April 9th, 2009 at 10:24 pm

   Don't ask me why, but my first thought was, wow, I thought it would be a smoother video. I've been on plenty of airplanes so I know there's turbulance and all that. So it's funny, that in my mind, when I imagine myself flying - it's smooth- swoosh, not da-da-da-da-da. Don't look at me like that! I know I'm weird! lol

8. BikerRay
   April 10th, 2009 at 5:27 am

   Moon: Try http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/raptor-force/video-falcon-cam/ 1162/ for a raptor strike.
   Wish they had used an image-stabilized camera, though. (Must be available, even my $200 Canon has it.)

9. Vim Tan
   April 11th, 2009 at 2:43 pm

   impressive video although kind of nauseating because of the shaky capture but nonetheless cool

10. TwoDragons
    April 11th, 2009 at 3:19 pm

    Well worth the motion sickness I'm currently fighting now...

    --TwoDragons

11. tammy
    April 13th, 2009 at 12:25 am

    anybody know what the music is?

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