Mavic 3 attacked by relentless Bald Eagle!. We danced in the sky as he swooped and I rocketed the drone up and down in an attempt to lose him. Finally landed with only a nicked propeller…my heart can start beating again.
3 Attacked by Bald Eagle
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I am no twitcher but I am fairly sure that that is not an eagle or raptor of any sort? The wing beat is surely far too fast and stiff?
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You’re probably right. I went back over the footage in slow motion and I think it’s just the sunlight reflecting off the birds head making it look white. Either way, my drone was being attacked by something that was not happy with it invading it’s territory. Glad I got it back with little damage.
You guys will know your raptors better than me but it seems to have a white head which says mature baldie but the wing beat is deffo not an eagle, more a falcon but can’t think of a white headed falcon. My Birds of Canada says there are no other white headed raptors in the Country but over to the Western side Swainsons and the Red Tailed hawks creep into the country-slightly lighter heads than others. Any good?
Have to agree with Yorkshire_Pud, I also am not an expert on your bald eagles but the bird was travelling way fast and when I stopped the vid on approach I could not see the telltale upturn of the wing tips. I was always taught that the difference between eagles and other raptors was The upturned wingtips. That’s what I was taught. Your birds might be different there.
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On a frame by frame basis I have changed my mind about "raptor of any sort" so have edited post no2. Perhaps a falcon of some sort?
It would be interesting to post the video on a bird watchers forum and see if they can identify it.....just for curiosity's sake.
It would be interesting to post the video on a bird watchers forum and see if they can identify it.....just for curiosity's sake.
Too deep a body I think, plus aren't their wings generally swept back in a curve.
PHZ
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It is a falcon. They can be very territorial, particularly if they have young ones.
African or European?
(Sorry, just had to…)
Just so you know, even Crows and Seagulls will take you down! And they’re big!
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Having had several bald eagles take a run at my drones (See my avatar for 1 encounter), as well as a few falcons, hawks, and sea gulls, my guess would be a peregrine falcon as well.
I was flying an Air 2 over Fredericton, New Brunswick (Canada), when I had what was definitely a peregrine falcon take several passes at my drone. I did manage to get one picture of the bird as I attempted to avoid a collision.
If you zoom in on the picture, you can see the distinctive markings on the bird. I was also impressed by the depth of field in the photo - the bird is not that out of focus considering how close it is.
I was flying an Air 2 over Fredericton, New Brunswick (Canada), when I had what was definitely a peregrine falcon take several passes at my drone. I did manage to get one picture of the bird as I attempted to avoid a collision.
If you zoom in on the picture, you can see the distinctive markings on the bird. I was also impressed by the depth of field in the photo - the bird is not that out of focus considering how close it is.
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