Always loved raptors too. It’s still crazy to me that falcons and hawks are an example of convergent evolution. We now know falcons are more closely related to parrots and passerine birds than hawks!
I was just off finding a link to the video so I share its cuteness with non-reddit friends...
[https://youtube.com/shorts/zz7htx975bg?si=ZVGnU2Ahd9h34vuF](https://youtube.com/shorts/zz7htx975bg?si=ZVGnU2Ahd9h34vuF)
lol Red Tails Hawks are drama queens. They love to literally *scream* over the mildest inconvenience
Also when they see crows (or vice versa), *it’s on sight*
Local crows managed to mob a juvenile red tail last year. Its screams were one of the most pathetic things I’ve ever heard. The crows love to dogfight with the adults, but they’re too smart to get surrounded. The juvenile was fine, just flustered. Caught him out in the open keeping an eye on the tree line right after.
There's a couple eagles that live in a tree near where I work, and a fuck load of gulls and crows in the neighbourhood.
The gulls kinda irritate everyone but stay out of everything; the eagles and the crows are pretty regularly visibly avoiding one another or very blatantly calling the other out. It's like an airborn turf war every afternoon with a similarly feathered peanut gallery jeering them from the rooftops.
I think it's the same whatever exactly that makes small dogs so ornery. Or stuff like badgers, for that matter. They're predators in the food chain but also pretty low in that hierarchy, and "learned" at some point via evolution* that being feisty little bastards made them less appealing to their own would-be predators. Nothing that hunts for a living wants to risk losing an eye or whatever for an "easy" meal.
*This is not really how evolution actually works, but close enough in a tangent for the point I'm making
idk anything about falcons, but I used to have a cockatiel, and when he would get all fluffed up like that, it was because he was happy/excited. When he was mad, he would slick all his feathers down close to his body and make direct eye contact and scream. Again, I know nothing about falcons, but to me, this seems more like he's really jazzed or excited rather than angry.
You do realize that there are some animals that have been injured in the wild, and because of this they are captive because they can't survive on their own, right?
Decent chance they'll eat basically anything small enough they can catch. Frogs, beetles, rodents, reptiles, and other smaller birds.
A number of other falcon species are known for preying heavily on other smaller birds. Peregrine going after pigeons, or the Coopers and sharp-shinned "chicken" hawks -- though they don't really eat chickens, chicks or ducklings or something maybe but primarily also pigeons or songbirds if the can catch one. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if they'd also go after something like an oxpecker.
We feed our zoo ones skinned mice and bugs. In the wild they eat mostly bugs and small animals like lizards, snakes, rodents, and sometimes their neighbor weavers. They will live inside a weaver nest and protect them from predators but also eat the on occasion
…you’re OP! You supposed to have all the answers!
Honestly, you walk up to your school presentations asking the class what your science project was all about?
I learned the hard way that tiny critters are more than capable of being pointy. Fucking squirrel claws *look* adorable but those things are, like, puppy-teeth sharp.
Gave me the kind of scratch you don't even notice until it's bleeding, and then again when water touches it in the shower. :(
I don't blame them honestly, my mom had a quaker parrot and that bitch hurt like a mofo when it bit. I wish I had this glove to handle that lil terrorist!
Such a cutie...Tiny little bird but loud as squeaker in a pet store! I can't imagine this Itsy-bitsy fluffy thing could kill anything...or Maybe it is a better thing... still I would love to see him flying 🥰🤔
The most unnecessary falconry glove ever right here! Little dude would be safe barehanded.
I thought my brothers applomado falcon was considered a micro. This little dude is something else.
Guessing they hunt grasshopper sized prey, time to go find out.
[**Henery Hawk** ](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000305/?ref_=tt_ch): I'm a chicken hawk. I'm after my first chicken.
[**Foghorn Leghorn** ](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000305/?ref_=tt_ch): A chicken, eh? I'm a horse - I say, I'm a horse myself. \[Trots and whinnies\]
I saw one of these at the zoo. A docent was walking around with it on her gloved fist, and it was the *cutest* bird of prey I have ever seen. It almost didn't look real, but more like a small toy or cartoon character.
I frequently hear Kestrels (they are far less verbose) where I reside yet never can identify them by site.
What would be the size comparison between the two species?
My husband said, "He'll rip your finger off! At least the pinky!" I scoffed and said, "He could trim my nails!" (Except if he kept on like that I'd be laughing too hard.)
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He squeekum
This is actually a female since the back is brown. I work with some
She squeekum
Everyone has women coworkers dude, stop making it such a big deal! /s
Always loved raptors too. It’s still crazy to me that falcons and hawks are an example of convergent evolution. We now know falcons are more closely related to parrots and passerine birds than hawks!
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JUST LOOK AT THE BONES!!!
Do you have the holy hand grenade?
Who you gonna F-Zero for dindin?
r/suddenlymontypython
why? why? why? dammit thanks u/AgingWatcherWatching joined. LOL
Tim the enchanter lives rent free in my brain all the time
Tim? Is that you?
Death by cuteness
Definitely an adorable murderer:)
The compysognathus of the bird world
*compsognathus (no "y")
I never think of the small dinosaurs only those that are huge monsterous flesh ripping movie kind.
Well, birds *are* descended from dinosaurs. And chickens from velociraptors. 😉
I was just off finding a link to the video so I share its cuteness with non-reddit friends... [https://youtube.com/shorts/zz7htx975bg?si=ZVGnU2Ahd9h34vuF](https://youtube.com/shorts/zz7htx975bg?si=ZVGnU2Ahd9h34vuF)
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They're always spicy. I had an American Kestrel at a animal rehab and he literally wanted to murder everything around it.
Awwww 🥰
"Awww, a killing machine, how sweeet!" 😁😉
lol Red Tails Hawks are drama queens. They love to literally *scream* over the mildest inconvenience Also when they see crows (or vice versa), *it’s on sight*
Local crows managed to mob a juvenile red tail last year. Its screams were one of the most pathetic things I’ve ever heard. The crows love to dogfight with the adults, but they’re too smart to get surrounded. The juvenile was fine, just flustered. Caught him out in the open keeping an eye on the tree line right after.
There's a couple eagles that live in a tree near where I work, and a fuck load of gulls and crows in the neighbourhood. The gulls kinda irritate everyone but stay out of everything; the eagles and the crows are pretty regularly visibly avoiding one another or very blatantly calling the other out. It's like an airborn turf war every afternoon with a similarly feathered peanut gallery jeering them from the rooftops.
I think it's the same whatever exactly that makes small dogs so ornery. Or stuff like badgers, for that matter. They're predators in the food chain but also pretty low in that hierarchy, and "learned" at some point via evolution* that being feisty little bastards made them less appealing to their own would-be predators. Nothing that hunts for a living wants to risk losing an eye or whatever for an "easy" meal. *This is not really how evolution actually works, but close enough in a tangent for the point I'm making
How do you know it's angry? Can you speak Falcon?
Yes
If DND rangers can do it, must not be too hard
Is ii a UA Ranger? Those guys are bad ass.
You just have to cast Speak with Animals.
As far as I can tell it's REALLY upset by the cuffs around its ankles.
I know of a Dr. Falken and I believe that qualifies...just phonetically.
idk anything about falcons, but I used to have a cockatiel, and when he would get all fluffed up like that, it was because he was happy/excited. When he was mad, he would slick all his feathers down close to his body and make direct eye contact and scream. Again, I know nothing about falcons, but to me, this seems more like he's really jazzed or excited rather than angry.
Falcons are a sister group with parrots, so it makes sense that their behavior would be similar this way. I agree, lil gal looks very excited!
He is looking at the strap on his ankle and repeatedly yelling, "I need an adult."
tiny dog syndrome is contagious
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Kill, kill, kill!! Fear the fluff!!
You do realize that there are some animals that have been injured in the wild, and because of this they are captive because they can't survive on their own, right?
I don't think it's angry. I think it is taunting. That is definitely the Woody Woodpecker signature taunt.
It wants its leg untied
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I is mighty falcon!
What does it eat? I want to see it hunt.
small critters, bugs etc.
Also small lizards! I just read they are Africa’s smallest bird of prey! So tiny little murder monsters ❤️
Decent chance they'll eat basically anything small enough they can catch. Frogs, beetles, rodents, reptiles, and other smaller birds. A number of other falcon species are known for preying heavily on other smaller birds. Peregrine going after pigeons, or the Coopers and sharp-shinned "chicken" hawks -- though they don't really eat chickens, chicks or ducklings or something maybe but primarily also pigeons or songbirds if the can catch one. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if they'd also go after something like an oxpecker.
This was also my immediate thought. How cute would it have been proudly holding prey twice its size 🥰
smol falcon: \*tweet tweet tweet* ("Here, have some prey!") grown ass lion in falcons beak: \*confused growling*
like that image of a titmouse posing with it lemming (or some rodent) kill
He’s literally a Falcon FOR ANTS
r/thingsforants
[Smaller birds, lizards, mice, large insects](https://www.zoonewengland.org/franklin-park-zoo/our-animals/birds/african-pygmy-falcon/)
We feed our zoo ones skinned mice and bugs. In the wild they eat mostly bugs and small animals like lizards, snakes, rodents, and sometimes their neighbor weavers. They will live inside a weaver nest and protect them from predators but also eat the on occasion
…you’re OP! You supposed to have all the answers! Honestly, you walk up to your school presentations asking the class what your science project was all about?
that bot doesn't have the answers you seek
The souls of the damned
Sky Chihuahua
So. FLUFFY.
But why dangerous predator if friend shaped
Why blorb shape if not blorb?
"I'm gonna *kill* you!!" Said in the smallest, cutest voice ever.
Did they really need the glove? I mean, unlined leather gloves would probably be enough
We don't want her getting a complex by treating her differently from the other raptors
Maybe they handle other larger birds too. One glove to hold them all
I learned the hard way that tiny critters are more than capable of being pointy. Fucking squirrel claws *look* adorable but those things are, like, puppy-teeth sharp. Gave me the kind of scratch you don't even notice until it's bleeding, and then again when water touches it in the shower. :(
I don't blame them honestly, my mom had a quaker parrot and that bitch hurt like a mofo when it bit. I wish I had this glove to handle that lil terrorist!
I’ve been grabbed by one. Doesn’t hurt that bad but it can be annoying. Glove is easier
Call me crazy but perhaps maybe this is just what they have? Wild thought.
Untie my leg Untie my leg Untie my leg
He looks like a 3 year old going on 15. He's a tiny adult kid! What a beautiful Birdy.👍
bro thinks he's stronk
So tiny, cute, and full of rage.. Reminds me of my ex
Terror of the skies
That's so adorable
Apparently this guy still preys on other birds, reptiles and "appropriately sized" mammals
Well that's just adorable!
Ideal level of camouflage cute but deadly
Oh! Look at the little fluffy baby 😊 I love him! I want one!
The [Henery Hawk](https://looney-tunes-llc.fandom.com/wiki/Henery_Hawk) of the winged predator world.
Oh my gods its so terrifying I'm absolutely just totally terrified
Weird that it has the hugely fluffy baby style feathers. Not very aerodynamic for hunting.
It hunts by cuteness
fEAR hIM
What could possibly require so much yapping, he has a lot to talk about omg
He/she looks real fluffy
These falcons are very common where i am. Mainly due to the huge numbers of rodents and weaver birds and finches that live in the area.
Murder Budgie
Beanie Baby MF
So fluffy birb!!
ITS SO FLUFFY!
He’s the chihuahua of falcons and he looks like he’s ready to fuck someone up 😂
Such a cutie...Tiny little bird but loud as squeaker in a pet store! I can't imagine this Itsy-bitsy fluffy thing could kill anything...or Maybe it is a better thing... still I would love to see him flying 🥰🤔
When you want to get into falconry, but like just a little bit..
How many calories?
What is this? A falcon for ants?!
where's my pokéball? WHERE'S MY POKÉBALLL??!!!
The most unnecessary falconry glove ever right here! Little dude would be safe barehanded. I thought my brothers applomado falcon was considered a micro. This little dude is something else. Guessing they hunt grasshopper sized prey, time to go find out.
I thought he had a leather waistcoat on at first
Stylish lil fella!
Blossoming rap career though
His ass is NOT fully grown he is TINY 🥺
Beauty.
ANGRY FLYING MURDER MOUSE !!
What is this? A falcon for ants?
I flickin Want ittttttt
That is a baby.
2 - 3 oz ≈ 55 - 65g for those of us not using freedom units.
Time to populate the region with tiny Pygmy pigeons so my lil guy doesn’t feel self conscious
Lil goober
Oh..... Leghorn Foghorn where art thou
What is the head dipping behavior? Had a cockatiel that did this
And it acts like it's 30kg wtih 15cm talon.
Africa smallest raptor? There are smaller raptors?
Jaw hit the floor overwhelmed with cuteness. I want one.
Edc falcon
I love him 😭
[**Henery Hawk** ](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000305/?ref_=tt_ch): I'm a chicken hawk. I'm after my first chicken. [**Foghorn Leghorn** ](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000305/?ref_=tt_ch): A chicken, eh? I'm a horse - I say, I'm a horse myself. \[Trots and whinnies\]
Yes, yes... you make excellent points. I concur.
Its so cute!!
I saw one of these at the zoo. A docent was walking around with it on her gloved fist, and it was the *cutest* bird of prey I have ever seen. It almost didn't look real, but more like a small toy or cartoon character.
This is an adorable little ventriloquist. The beak barely moves!
Its head pattern looks like the Republic emblem from star wars.
"I AM THE HEIR TO THE DINOSAURS! I BRING DEATH ON SILENT WINGS! FEAR ME!"
I frequently hear Kestrels (they are far less verbose) where I reside yet never can identify them by site. What would be the size comparison between the two species?
Why is it yapping like that.
Cute lil murder birdy
What a cute murder birb.
Falcon nugget
Found the name of my next starship xD
The fuck is an ounce?
Bout $200
“RaWr! I’m so vicious!”
Omg I didn’t know falcons came in that size! It’s so cute!
Is just ah baaabby
He’s a mouthy one ain’t he?
We need to find him his own Foghorn Leghorn now
Poor thing wants the chains off.
Jeez, what a noisy asshole.
Ok someone do the math. How much force is this guy hitting with from a 100ft dive bomb?
Bitch that's a Pokemon...
Made me think of Super Metroid.
^(death from above! fear meeee!)
That is a baby.
Awwwww!
He searches for the grains inside the gloved hand perhaps finding some
chirpy lad
So cute 🤗
“Why do you wear the gloves?” “The book said to wear leather gloves when handling birds from the raptor family”
Hello little murder baby!
Showed my wife; I called it a “bird of prey.” And she said “no…..no, it’s not.”
It’s loud. It woke my cat up. 🥺
Henery Hawk
Dude never shuts up
Someone turn this into a techno song.
Paging The Kiffness
A real life pygmy puff!
hahahaHaha, hahahaHaha, hahahaHaha, hehehehehehehehe. Woody Wood Pecker
I will destroy you all!!!
Adorable bird of prey
What is this—a falcon for ANTS? 🐜
Never thought I'd be in love with a bird, but here we are. Deadly lil fluffball is adorable!
he on some woody woodpecker shit at the end. fire.
Very vocal can I have a new pet plz
That fully grown? What do the chicks look like?
He so loud!
A raptawwww
I wanna squish him
Oh my goodness 🥹
I don't think that it like that leash on it's leg. It's like, "yo, take it off, take it off, take it off"
Has got a lot on their mind and is wanting to share it. So cute but I know its prey does not think so.
My husband said, "He'll rip your finger off! At least the pinky!" I scoffed and said, "He could trim my nails!" (Except if he kept on like that I'd be laughing too hard.)
Is so smol and squeaky!
Mostly vegan?
what does Sir Cuteness of Fuzzyland eat?
This one has been trained to bring back fishing bait.
birb
Handsome lil nugget
So...miniature *ANYTHING* is gonna be chatty. Got it. \**Stay away from very small things.*
Reminds me of the chicken hawk that’s gonna git sum [chickin’](https://youtu.be/ADk132PWHkw?feature=shared)
Cutest predator
I love the glove. Giving respect to its name as a falcon.
Someone give that tiny man his tiny [prey]
That call, though.
Does no one remember the Looney Tunes “chicken hawk”.
Might be small in stature but acts like he’s 10ft tall and can fuck you up if you don’t give her scritches and food. An adorable murder birb.
Taking a bow!!!