Super User *Hootie Posted March 30, 2014 Super User Posted March 30, 2014 Did you ever see a bird fly straight down? I am sitting on my back porch and just saw this bird drop about 40 ft. straight down. I actually thought it was falling until it landed on another limb. Hootie Quote
Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted March 30, 2014 Super User Posted March 30, 2014 Yup. I watch the hawks at work do it a lot. Quote
Super User *Hootie Posted March 30, 2014 Author Super User Posted March 30, 2014 Yup. I watch the hawks at work do it a lot. At nearly 70 yrs old, I thought I had seen everything. Oh well, wrong again...lol. Hootie Quote
Super User Jigfishn10 Posted March 30, 2014 Super User Posted March 30, 2014 At nearly 70 yrs old, I thought I had seen everything. Oh well, wrong again...lol. Hootie Hootie, I think we need to get you out more...LOL J/K! 1 Quote
Super User aavery2 Posted March 30, 2014 Super User Posted March 30, 2014 I have experienced something similar, I once flew straight down off a ladder. 2 Quote
Super User Oregon Native Posted March 30, 2014 Super User Posted March 30, 2014 Ospreys diving on fish....pretty awesome. Eagles diving on ducks ....sweet. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 31, 2014 Global Moderator Posted March 31, 2014 I watched a falcon catch a barn swallow out of the air once. I never saw the falcon, just watching the swallows dart around when a streak came straight down from above and slammed that little bird to the ground. As hard as the falcon hit that swallow it was probably dead before it even touched the ground. I've seen birds dive straight down to get a baitfish below the surface also, especially pelicans. Quote
Super User Sam Posted March 31, 2014 Super User Posted March 31, 2014 Hootie, I have seen birds of prey fly straight down into the water or they pulled up at right before they hit the ground. I have never seen other birds fly straight down. Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted March 31, 2014 Super User Posted March 31, 2014 I've seen a hawk come straight down on a bird that was at the feeder in the back yard. We removed the feeder. Quote
Super User Nitrofreak Posted March 31, 2014 Super User Posted March 31, 2014 Yup. I watch the hawks at work do it a lot. UMMMM ... I thought you got paid to be an electrician ? LOL !!! Quote
Super User *Hootie Posted March 31, 2014 Author Super User Posted March 31, 2014 Hootie, I have seen birds of prey fly straight down into the water or they pulled up at right before they hit the ground. I have never seen other birds fly straight down. I know I never said, but it was a woodpecker. Hootie Quote
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