Yeats was wrong: as it turns out, the falcon can hear the falconer quite well. I would remind those who think there is no defence against UAV’s just who it is who has the most falconers (and, with our budget cuts, the most fighting falcons) in the world.
June 17th, 2010 at 11:03 am
I think that’s a jackdaw, not a raven.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackdaw
They’ve been sighted in the North America, but they’re very common and testy bird in Europe.
June 17th, 2010 at 11:09 am
Time for some itty bitty machine guns!
June 17th, 2010 at 11:32 am
It appears to be a variant of a jackdaw, here in Ireland they attack buzzards in just the same fashion. Makes for quite a show!
June 17th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
I don’t think Jackdaw. It’s a Hooded Crow:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_Crow
June 17th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
It’s amazing that the bird didn’t get caught up in the prop.
June 17th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
I can’t shake him!
June 17th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
I, for one, welcome our new Avian overlords.
June 18th, 2010 at 1:12 am
Yeats was wrong: as it turns out, the falcon can hear the falconer quite well. I would remind those who think there is no defence against UAV’s just who it is who has the most falconers (and, with our budget cuts, the most fighting falcons) in the world.
June 18th, 2010 at 8:14 am
That’s no bird. That’s the reincarnated soul of some lost fighter pilot 🙂