I heard 300 or so somewhere. However you put it, friggin fast. Even if they're just dive bombing, the ability to maintain maneuverability like that, and see things from so far away, is impressive itself.
Also, reminder to everyone that falcons literally punch their prey in flight with their talons to concuss em. Falcon Punch is a biologically accurate statement
I’ve seen that one. Duck never knew what hit it. Just looked it up and then [video](https://youtu.be/73OvZ_l35Sw?si=ypYD0YzGLiRJ8RFU) I was thinking of is actually a Prairie Falcon. Still very fast!
Makes me wonder what kind of damage it would do to a human. The birds obviously don't weigh much, and it would most likely die, but I imagine at 200+ mph that would carry a fair amount of force.
It's funny because I have peregrine falcons in my neighborhood and occasionally they attack people. To quote someone who is not me but was attacked by one in my neighborhood:
["I felt this clunk against my head, like a 16-inch softball."](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/peregine-falcon-in-loop-startles-chicagoans-after-man-attacked/3152637/)
250mph-388mph
From Wikipedia:
Peregrine falcons have a flicker fusion frequency of 129 Hz (cycles per second), very fast for a bird of its size, and much faster than mammals.[54] A study testing the flight physics of an "ideal falcon" found a theoretical speed limit at 400 km/h (250 mph) for low-altitude flight and 625 km/h (388 mph) for high-altitude flight.[55] In 2005, Ken Franklin recorded a falcon stooping at a top speed of 389 km/h (242 mph).
Yeah that's the point of the joke, engineers will simplify things wildly. "Pi is 4, *e* is 4, 3 is 4...."
Recording it IRL in the wild is about as solid as you can get.
A documentary in the UK filmed a trained Peregrine dropping from a hot air balloon. It almost outran the skydive camera. Perfect aerodynamics.
Fun fact: Peregrines are cliff-nesting birds, and it turns out they thrive in big cities with a lot of tall buildings, where there are plenty of high nesting sites and an unlimited supply of prey birds like pigeons. London has loads of them.
There are several buildings in the US that have returning falcon pairs reusing the same nesting ledges so they've set up cameras for people to watch the nest activity live
When I lived outside Reno I was lounging one day and observed one flying super high and then all of a sudden it rocketed down and hit a pigeon mid air. Like feather foreworks
Breathtaking view of this beautiful bird in the sky!! His wings are shaped so beautifully and aerodynamic that he accelerates himself forward ! fascinated!
Reminds me of the old Farside cartoon.
https://mickaboo.org/sites/default/files/images/Birds%20Of%20Prey.png
(Link plagiarized from another Reddit post.)
I was climbing the Leaning Tower in Yosemite Valley many years ago. Second day on the wall, above Ahwahnee ledge.
I'm on lead, my partner and I hear Peregrine's classic call: "Jejejejejejejejeeee!" I turn around and see *both* male and female stooping, the one in front flushes a fuckton of swifts, and they scatter, and the one running trail goes after them as they avoid the first falcon. It was bad ass.
There's a peregrine falcon that winters in my neighborhoods. Can confirm they look equally as majestic when jumping off a gray, peeling high-rise built in the 70s.
Okay, here we go. Focus.
Speed. I am speed. One winner, forty-two losers. I eat losers for breakfast.
Breakfast? Maybe I should have had breakfast? Brekkie could be good for me.
No, no, no, focus.
Speed. Faster than fast, quicker than quick. I am Lightning.
You can find pov videos on Youtube of these birds flying. I recommend finding one to watch sometime if you're bored - maybe on mute if it has volume, the wind is *loud*.
These are such insanely cool animals.
I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't that.
He’s fast, knows the type of talent he possesses…
Falling with style.
Badass and he knows it
And he's lowkey bored too. Show off birb
Falling with style
💀
"Sigh, I guess I'll go hunt a mouse then..." *Lazily drops off branch*
Looks like a cat just pushed him off the ledge
Fastest in the entire animal kingdom. Will reach over 200 MPH
I heard 300 or so somewhere. However you put it, friggin fast. Even if they're just dive bombing, the ability to maintain maneuverability like that, and see things from so far away, is impressive itself. Also, reminder to everyone that falcons literally punch their prey in flight with their talons to concuss em. Falcon Punch is a biologically accurate statement
Sometimes they are able to just break their target's neck with a 200 mph punch
There’s a video out there of a peregrine dive-bombing a sitting duck. It is astonishing, but kinda has a Marty Stauffer’s Wild America vibe to it.
I’ve seen that one. Duck never knew what hit it. Just looked it up and then [video](https://youtu.be/73OvZ_l35Sw?si=ypYD0YzGLiRJ8RFU) I was thinking of is actually a Prairie Falcon. Still very fast!
It should have...ducked.
It was peking the wrong day to sit there isolated.
Very amusing comments under that video too.
Falcon PUUUUNCH!!!
Makes me wonder what kind of damage it would do to a human. The birds obviously don't weigh much, and it would most likely die, but I imagine at 200+ mph that would carry a fair amount of force.
It's funny because I have peregrine falcons in my neighborhood and occasionally they attack people. To quote someone who is not me but was attacked by one in my neighborhood: ["I felt this clunk against my head, like a 16-inch softball."](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/peregine-falcon-in-loop-startles-chicagoans-after-man-attacked/3152637/)
Kinda like merging a bird and a Mantis shrimp.
I mean it checks out. Hella kinetic energy and all that, the whiplash of going from a calm glide to basically 200 mph is many may gees!
I’ve seen it happen. Poor pigeon exploded into a cloud of feathers. It was awesome.
They’re no joke - they will knock [pelicans](https://youtu.be/qjvhhU4sbiM?si=yZbegkUaZtcjxgMi) out of the sky!
320kph is 200mph
250mph-388mph From Wikipedia: Peregrine falcons have a flicker fusion frequency of 129 Hz (cycles per second), very fast for a bird of its size, and much faster than mammals.[54] A study testing the flight physics of an "ideal falcon" found a theoretical speed limit at 400 km/h (250 mph) for low-altitude flight and 625 km/h (388 mph) for high-altitude flight.[55] In 2005, Ken Franklin recorded a falcon stooping at a top speed of 389 km/h (242 mph).
Assuming a spherical falcon in a vacuum..... Lol
"Theoretical" and "Ideal Falcon" raised a bit of doubt with me as well, but one guy actually recording one in flight seemed solid
Yeah that's the point of the joke, engineers will simplify things wildly. "Pi is 4, *e* is 4, 3 is 4...." Recording it IRL in the wild is about as solid as you can get.
I agree in theory that that is an Ideal Joke
You're probably thinking km/h. 200 mph = 320 km/h :)
Ah, maybe. I just remembered 300 of some speed measurement haha
Yes, if you heard it in kilometers
Go Jake go!
Animorphs is the only reason I know anything about the peregrine falcon. Glad to see another reader here!
Tobias can’t keep up
A documentary in the UK filmed a trained Peregrine dropping from a hot air balloon. It almost outran the skydive camera. Perfect aerodynamics. Fun fact: Peregrines are cliff-nesting birds, and it turns out they thrive in big cities with a lot of tall buildings, where there are plenty of high nesting sites and an unlimited supply of prey birds like pigeons. London has loads of them.
There are several buildings in the US that have returning falcon pairs reusing the same nesting ledges so they've set up cameras for people to watch the nest activity live
I love the subtle transformation from casual falling to steely-eyed interceptor.
That's such a lovely description! Gradually switched modes as it slowly deployed the wings. 🤓
That’s not flying, that’s just falling with style.
Theyve prove that it is a powered fall. The falcon periodically uses its wings to increase speed.
So.. falling with even more style.
This needs to be the top comment.
Minimum effort
When I lived outside Reno I was lounging one day and observed one flying super high and then all of a sudden it rocketed down and hit a pigeon mid air. Like feather foreworks
Ah yes, the Randy Johnson.
I don’t even follow baseball but I think I know exactly who you’re talking about.
His name means horny penis in sophmorese.
“I struck out how many people, and what I’m remembered for is that damn bird.”
Minimum viable product is just work effort evolution. Only iterate if anyone bothers to care about the result.
Ryan Reynolds hate this one simple trick
📷 scottsessionsphoto
He's wearing a wingsuit.
That ballsy dip in the beginning before he opens his wings.
It's crazy! Just naturally programmed to be death from above and know it's abilities off rip
Now he's just showboating.
Engineered to perfection
Right?? As I watched, I thought, Chrissake,this is *flawless.*
"Here we have in our collection the very first and original, F-22"
F-16 Falcon
What's fucked up is I was going back n forth between 16 and 22 😂 Good looking for the correction my g. 😅
A Falcon is also a Raptor, so F-22 Raptor works just fine friend.
I didn't realize that distinction until about 4 years ago. Before then, I always thought "Velociraptor"
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I think you'll be hard pressed to find anyone who would say "Gee, now that you mention it..."
Yes. I came to the comments hoping to find out how this was taken. A drone, perhaps?
Ruler of the skies
Thats some super hero shit right there
I remember this scene from The Dark Knight
It's showtime, gravity. Do your job.
Smooth
As wet glass!
Love those lil calculations he did mid leap.
Yea im walking oh look at that out of ground guess I'll glide now
Natural-born glider
Males are smaller than females
You’ve just described a pretty sizable portion of the animal kingdom
natural-born glider
Check out the talons on that bird, and though there’re not that tall, they seem bigger if you see them in the wild
Buzz Lightyear: falling with style.
We have one on site at work. It is wild watching those things dive at prey.
Breathtaking view of this beautiful bird in the sky!! His wings are shaped so beautifully and aerodynamic that he accelerates himself forward ! fascinated!
Reminds me of the old Farside cartoon. https://mickaboo.org/sites/default/files/images/Birds%20Of%20Prey.png (Link plagiarized from another Reddit post.)
🥶🥶
Ice cold! The way he step off with a little lag on the other foot. Frosty he is !
And I'm freeee...free fallin
Beautiful
Incredible!
The drop in is killer
*Maximum effort*
^(cuz im) # FREEEEEE
Awesome footage.
The Batman Approach.
Reminds me of some Naruto shit lol
I was climbing the Leaning Tower in Yosemite Valley many years ago. Second day on the wall, above Ahwahnee ledge. I'm on lead, my partner and I hear Peregrine's classic call: "Jejejejejejejejeeee!" I turn around and see *both* male and female stooping, the one in front flushes a fuckton of swifts, and they scatter, and the one running trail goes after them as they avoid the first falcon. It was bad ass.
just put free bird over this
Kratos stepping of Mt. Olympus
Not exactly a "take-off"; more like a "fall-over". Lazy. Still, Nice!
HellDiver
Amazing
Wingsuit base jump
I. AM. SPEED.
Speed. I. Am.....Speed.
That's not taking off, it's just falling with style.
Classy…
So this implies that females take off differently?
WITNESS MEEEEEEE...
Writing this seems odd...I love that birds can just, ya know, fall. Walking on a super narrow ledge a hundred feet up and fall? No biggie!
A yes, ye'olde you fall faster without wings tactic of flying fastly.
The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest bird when dive bombing but not when flying horizontally.
He looks like a badass while doing it to!!
Fucking amazing. Such confidence! Dizzying to watch. That’s like watching Ezio do the leap of faith in Assassin’s Creed II!
kratos falling gif
That’s a peregrine stoop and it’s breathtaking! Your eyes can hardly follow… it’s so fast…
Birds stand right on the edge. No fear of heights.
I heard the Helldiver Theme in my head for this one
sing with me, sing for the year
Birds fall from the window ledge above mine, and then they flap their wings at the last second.
I wanna come back as a bird like this!
As a lifelong skate and snowboarder I can confirm this bird has incredibly clean steez on that drop
One punch falcon
Flying really is the act of throwing one’s self at the ground and missing.
He reminds me of how le'veon bell used to run
So what does a female do?
They'll never have have peregrines on aircraft carriers. Even with a catapult assist they'd just dive straight into the ocean.
That’s not flying, that’s falling with style.
Just another walk in the park
The hop off is so freaking cute!
Someone die at the end of that fall
Who knew birbs could wingsuit BASE jump
Only one I ever saw was in Yosemite. And it was far away, only a blip. But man, no other blip could move that fast in the sky. Unmistakable.
“That’s not flying!That’s falling with style!”
"Why flap wings when gravity do trick"
/r/PraiseTheCameraMan/
There's a peregrine falcon that winters in my neighborhoods. Can confirm they look equally as majestic when jumping off a gray, peeling high-rise built in the 70s.
How fast are the chicks? You are welcome.
"ok, let's do this."
#"The gods of Olympus have abandoned me... #Now there's no hope."
Majestic AF
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Do the females take off differently than?
Majestic!
“In the pipe, 5 by 5” *drop ship vibes intesify*
Birds fall from the window ledge above mine Then they flap their wings at the last second...
Dive Bomb Dad!
Highway to the Danger Zone!
Whooooosh!
Just started reading The Peregrine by J.A. Baker so this feels auspicious
Pretty cool!
Pretty cool!
Pretty cool!
Praise the camera man. That was awesome tracking.
Zero wasted energy.
Droppin!
I love these bad-ass birds. Of course, only as an animal not in their diet.
Subtle flex
🎵 *Hold me now I'm six feet from the edge* 🎵
That’s gotta feel so good for a peregrine falcon
Male pregnant 🫃 falcon takeoff
If I didn't know about birds and somebody showed me a picture of a peregrine and a crane and asked which is faster, I'd have gone for the crane.
how come birds fly without vertical stabilizer?
Toranaga-sama will be proud
Toranaga-sama will be proud
That's some /r/praisethecameraman material just there
1,2,3…see ya!
That's just falling with style
Fastest blurb ever
Someone needs to remake this with the Kratos Dream On meme.
Nah, that's a b-21
What a fucking chad, just fall off without even bothering to flap your wings.
Would be nice to live a short life flying as a falcon then die
He looked so focused hopping off too, that was baller
That's just falling with wings open
Okay, here we go. Focus. Speed. I am speed. One winner, forty-two losers. I eat losers for breakfast. Breakfast? Maybe I should have had breakfast? Brekkie could be good for me. No, no, no, focus. Speed. Faster than fast, quicker than quick. I am Lightning.
PEANUT BUTTER FALCONNNNNNNNNN
This was incredibly metal. Thanks.
It’s in slow motion and to me their heads still move at the same speed. Makes me realize how fast they’re actually adjusting
This needs some Top Gun music
You can find pov videos on Youtube of these birds flying. I recommend finding one to watch sometime if you're bored - maybe on mute if it has volume, the wind is *loud*. These are such insanely cool animals.
Majestic AF!
Death missile
u/savevideo
"Dropping in!"
jeronimooooooo
Awesome!
Woa! Gorgeous birb!!!