Friday, 23 July 2010

Birds Eye View


Peales tiercel wearing camera way up over Jackson Valley from Jason Jones on Vimeo.

I saw this on Tom Chandlers Trout Underground and thought you might like it too.
A Falconer has trained a Falcon to fly with a camera harnessed to it, AMAZING
Your pal
SBW

6 comments:

  1. Wow, very cool! I wonder: Is he looking back at the irritating thing on his shoulders, or is there a bigger predator overhead? Looks like the camera is where the tadio transmitter usually is, so I'm going to guess the latter.

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  2. It does look like he keeps wondering what the heck that thing is on his back. Very cool, still.

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  3. *sigh* I want to fly... alas, last time anyone I knew tried it they broke both their legs... oh to be 8 years old and fearless again. Though I do like both my legs (and other limbs) where they currently are, you know, attached and all.

    Amazing video.

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  4. Yo Wacker,

    Nice vid,I love birds,and birds heh heh heh.


    *Ill get my coat*

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  5. Steve Bodio's wife Libby here: I lived in Wilson (visible in the later part of the video) for years during the 70's and early 80's -- I'm astonished at how developed and built up it is...the hay pasture behind my house is a subdivision now.

    The bird is obviously trying to figure out what the thing on her back is. (Female falcons are bigger than males and more likely candidates for backpack cameras).

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  6. Hi Libby

    Thanks for taking the time to comment and letting us know

    SBW

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You're welcome to disagree, life would be way too boring if we all agreed with each other and we'd never learn anything.
I like to think that we're all grown up enough to argue every last point, right down to the bone, without bearing a grudge afterwards.



Come on in the waters lovely
SBW