Birds of Play

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... ;)