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Even more amazing when you realize that a falcon is not much bigger (in the body) than your pigeons. Fastest animal on Earth too, maybe up to 250MPH plus in a stoop or dive. In the Middle East Arab princes have paid over a million dollars for just one good hunting falcon. One even owns a...

No mention was made about kestrels killing pigeons, and most of the bands recovered were found beneath trees where presumably the raptor consumed their prey. Several times I have witnessed Mourning doves out-flying Coopers Hawks in level flight. I have also whitnessed Coopers Hawks hoofing it...

I'm with you, I watched a show about metal detecting a WWII battle field in the former East Germany. Despite all the shrapnel etc laying around and the odd rifle, sub-machine gun or steel helmet, the most numerous metal object was the metal bands off of the feet of racing pigeons. Just goes...

This is just another example of a predator going for the low-hanging fruit as it were. Just don't let your chickens or chicks become low hanging fruit or else the local chicken hawks will teach you a new hobby, knitting. Predators are always on the look out for new and dependable sources of...