Wild Kratts
Peregrine Falcon: Food and Health
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Chris and Martin get to see the peregrine falcon's creature powers first hand!
The Kratt brothers test the flying and hunting skills of the peregrine falcon, an avid bird catcher, by swinging a lure and having her catch it.
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Wild Kratts
Peregrine Falcon: Food and Health
Clip | 1m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
The Kratt brothers test the flying and hunting skills of the peregrine falcon, an avid bird catcher, by swinging a lure and having her catch it.
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Kratt brothers here, I'm Chris.
- I'm Martin, and meet our feathered friend the peregrine falcon, the fastest bird in the world.
- She can hit speeds of about 200 miles per hour.
- And do amazing things in the air.
- [Chris] Like catch birds right out of the sky.
- [Martin] Pigeons.
- [Chris] Seagulls.
- [Martin] Blue jays.
But it can be tricky filming this high velocity flyer, in hunting action, in the wild, but through falconry, the training of hawks and falcons, we get a really good look at the peregrine falcon's flying powers.
- Okay so first we get the falcon ready for launch.
- Then we twirl the lure.
This is the prey she likes to hunt.
(yells) Nice, she floats a bank turn, then swoops back in towards the lure.
- [Chris] Whew now that is a fast flyer.
- She knows when she catches the lure she's gonna get food.
So I keep it swinging like this, and then as she comes in, right before she gets it, pull it away.
She loves this.
She gets to fly, she gets to hunt, so I need to let her get it this time.
(cheers) - [Chris] What a snag, you are awesome.
- I'm real impressed with your creature power.
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