Chapter 104 Bald Eagle (Part 9)

"Chirp~" Falcon~

"Chichichi~" Eat fish~

The little fat chirp forced its way into the peregrine falcon's home, made cute noises, and placed the fish it got from the killer whale in front of the peregrine falcon.

“…”

The peregrine falcon took a big step back, then two big steps back.

It looked at the huge monster in front of it warily, and was so scared that its fur almost exploded.

The peregrine falcon is a bird of prey that flies extremely fast and has a strong ability to adapt to the environment.

Even so, peregrine falcons still have many natural enemies in the wild.

Because it has a fatal flaw: poor night vision.

In the wild, peregrine falcons usually feed on small mammals and birds, with a hunting success rate of up to 70%, which makes them the envy of many top predators.

You know, for the strongest cat on earth, it is difficult for the hunting success rate to reach 50%.

The remaining 30% of failures are mostly because the peregrine falcon kicked the prey from high altitude to the ground, and then could not find it.

Because their diet includes a variety of birds, peregrine falcons in the wild often anger vengeful Strigiformes birds of prey, commonly known as owls.

Owls are similar to many animals. The "eagle" in their name simply describes their ferocity and does not represent their species.

And as everyone knows, the magic owl is a nocturnal bird.

It has a pair of big cat-like eyes with a blingbling aperture that is as bright as day at night.

If the peregrine falcon provokes a bird of prey in the order Strigiformes, especially an eagle owl, during the day.

At night, the king of the night sky will rob their nests, and the birds will leave in an orderly manner.

Many peregrine falcons choose to live in cities, partly due to objective reasons such as habitat destruction and prey reduction.

On the other hand, it is due to subjective reasons.

There are almost no raptors living in areas with frequent human activities.

Peregrine falcons only need to control their flying speed and pattern and avoid the glass, steel and concrete in the city to survive.

In recent years, the situation has changed subtly.

There are more and more bald eagles living in cities.

Peregrine falcons have dealt with these robber birds before and know that they will not steal their prey, nor will they treat them as prey.

But once the three conditions of "hunting is successful", "there are bald eagles nearby" and "the bald eagles smell the scent" are met, the group of robber sea eagles will surround and snatch the peregrine falcon's prey.

Peregrine falcons fly very fast, and can treat the "slow-flying" bald eagles as sand sculptures in the air.

Unfortunately, after landing, the advantage was greatly weakened.

With the attack power of the Peregrine Falcon, it is no match for the Robber Sea Eagle.

It was not good at flying at high speed with its prey, and was slashed by the robber sea eagles several times.

"hiss--"

The peregrine falcon stared at the little fat chick vigilantly and jumped back two steps.

“Hiss—”

Yu Yiyun had been a beast for several lifetimes, so he naturally knew:

Regardless of the animal, the hissing sound usually means driving away or warning.

This falcon did not welcome him.

"Chirp~Chirp~"

Falcon~ suck suck suck~

The little fat bird has seen countless beasts and is very good at pestering them!

He was shameless, made a more crisp and cute sound, grabbed Yu Yu and moved closer again.

“…”

The Peregrine was confused.

It could feel that the little fat chick was friendly and non-aggressive.

Not only did it not intend to snatch food from me, it was even willing to give the fish in its mouth to me.

If the little fat bird were a little thinner, it could even become its prey.

The problem is, right?

As for me, I hardly eat fish.

The main food of peregrine falcons includes animals flying in the sky and running on the ground, but not animals swimming in the water.

Water will wet the feathers and affect the peregrine falcon's flying speed.

Whenever it rains, the Peregrine Falcon will hide in a concealed place to avoid getting even a little wet.

"Chirp~" You don't want to eat?

"Chirp, chirp!" Then I'll eat it for you!

Seeing that the peregrine falcon remained indifferent, Yu Yiyun opened her mouth without hesitation and swallowed the plump fish.

The peregrine falcon had no interest in the fish at first, but when it saw him eating so noisily, it suddenly became eager to try and moved forward a few centimeters.

Yu Yiyun noticed this and considerately used her beak to tear off a large piece of fish and put it to the peregrine falcon's beak.

The young Peregrine Falcon hesitated for a few seconds and took the piece of meat.

If it knew how much it would have to pay for this piece of fish, it would definitely refuse to feed it and drive the little fat bird out of its habitat.

Once the fish is eaten, it’s too late to regret!

The fat little bird shared the fish with the young falcon, then shamelessly rubbed over, spread its wings and hugged the peregrine falcon and rubbed against it.

"Chirp~" Falcon~

"Chirp, chirp!" From now on, you are my tool bird!

"Chirp, chirp, chirp?" You're going to try your best to teach me how to fly and hunt until I learn it, do you understand?

"hiss--"

The peregrine falcon pecked him viciously.

Chirping, so noisy.

Falcon didn't understand a word.

Summer afternoons are the time of the day when human activity is the lowest.

Peregrine falcons often choose this time to go out looking for prey.

Peregrine falcons living in cities have no shortage of prey.

Although there are not so many species of birds and small mammals in cities, humans are always surrounded by the most adaptable mammals on earth - rats!

The more prosperous the city, the more living resources the rats can get and the larger the population size.

Over the past thousands of years, humans have tried every possible method but have never been able to completely eliminate rats. Instead, the rat family has become more prosperous.

Even in world-class metropolises that appear glamorous on the surface, there are countless rats hiding in every nook and cranny.

Yu Yiyun even suspected that if humans and other beasts became extinct one day, rats would still be able to dominate the land.

Peregrine falcons, which mainly feed on mice, have no shortage of prey in the city.

The falcon jumped onto the railing under the eaves, stood straight in the position where it had been yesterday, and quickly locked onto its hunting target.

The little fat guy also jumped onto the railing, feeling a little unstable.

He took a few seconds to find his balance and slowly tried to move next to Falcon.

Before Yu Yijun could get close, the peregrine falcon had already flown out, diving straight down with its head facing downward.

During a dive, the peregrine falcon will complete gravity acceleration by continuously folding its wings, like a flash of lightning across the sky.

According to calculations by zoologists, if the altitude is high enough, the peregrine falcon's diving speed will reach 389 kilometers per hour.

389 kilometers!

Even in Yu Yiyun's five lifetimes combined, life has never been so fast!!!

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Yu Yiyun stood on the railing and observed the falcon closely from behind, only to find that its dive was not in a straight line, but was flying in a spiral-like trajectory.

Although the distance is increased, the speed can be increased even faster.

The peregrine falcon has a unique diving posture, with its wings folded at its sides to minimize air resistance.

When peregrine falcons hunt in the wild, they will extend their sharp claws the moment they get close to their prey and cut it like performing a surgery. These are emotionless killing claws in the air.

When approaching their prey, some peregrine falcons will stretch out their legs and kick the other bird's wings and abdomen in the air, causing it to fall in a mess.

——As for whether it can be found after falling, that is another story.

In addition to aerial combat, peregrine falcons are also very good at hunting ground prey.

Its eyes can lock onto prey several kilometers away, and then it will pass by quickly like a ghost.

For example, right now, the locked mouse has no idea what happened, and its life has ended without any clue.

It's mindless on a physical level.

The fat little bird was still standing on the railing, looking down with his head. The peregrine falcon had already flown back with the mouse that had been "separated" and threw it in front of him with a cool look on its face.

"Hiss." Give.

"Hiss." Go ahead and grab it.

In the eyes of peregrine falcons, bald eagles are a group of robber birds.

The bald eagle's chick must be a little robber bird.

The little fat bird is haunting me, it must be trying to steal my prey... uh.

The peregrine falcon blinked its nictitating membrane and saw the fat little bird turning its head away with disgust, unwilling to touch the mouse that had just died and was emitting a foul smell.

Look at how dirty it is. God knows where in the sewer or manure pit it has been.

Little Fatty can accept wild mice, but cannot accept mice living in the city.

Who knows what they eat every day when they live with the little people? Will one bite of it turn into the periodic table?

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The Peregrine Falcon handed the rat over again and found that the fat little rat looked ready to run away at any time.

"Hiss?" Aren't you going to steal my food?

"Chi?" Who wants to grab it?

"Chirp!" Keep this blessing for yourself!

Seeing that he didn't want to eat it, the peregrine falcon kept the blessing for itself and finished eating the mouse.

After lunch, it looked up and re-examined the 'robber bird' that suddenly appeared and brought it fish.

The young Peregrine's worldview seemed to be gradually reshaped.

This robber bird not only did not steal its own food, but also shared the fish with itself.

The Peregrine Falcon was not only curious, but also what exactly did he want to do?

Yu Yiyun waited patiently for the peregrine falcon to finish its lunch before coming over to chirp.

"Chirp?" Falcon, are you full?

"Chirp, chirp?" Can you teach me how to hunt?

"...Click." The peregrine falcon called slowly, still unable to understand the little fat chirp's bird language.

Seeing him flapping his wings in the air, the peregrine falcon finally reacted and flew low behind Yu Yiyun.

Two minutes after takeoff, the Peregrine Falcon looked at the empty sky and was about to ask the fat bird "where to go", but when he turned around, he found that the bird was gone.

The peregrine falcon quickly turned back, circled behind the little fat bird, and then circled under his belly. It spread its wings and turned a large circle horizontally, and then a large circle vertically.

"Cluck?" Robber bird, is it because your body is so round that you can't fly fast?

The Peregrine Falcon's taunt is not very harmful but extremely insulting.

"Chirp?" Who can't fly fast?

"Chirp, chirp!" I was flying with all my might!

It’s because the bald eagle doesn’t drink milk, so it has no strength!

right!

He flies so fast after drinking milk!

The peregrine falcon has a taunting attribute. It stops and waits for the fat chick to fly a few thousand meters away, then chases him in one breath, steps on his back and disses him, "Don't you have wings?"

“Chirp…”

Two birds were flying over the resort and were observed entangled by humans on the ground.

Animal lovers who are familiar with the habits of birds realized that the little sea eagle was in danger, and immediately became alert. They quickly took a video and asked for help from netizens.

After the video was released, some people recognized the 'black glutinous rice dumplings' and were scared out of their wits.

[Where is the Orphan Protection Organization? Please save the poor little sea eagle! As far as I know, the bald eagle cannot beat the peregrine falcon in the air! ]

[Indeed, the peregrine falcon has little attack power on the ground, but it is almost invincible after taking off. Even large birds of prey cannot resist its speed. The famous American Ghost Fighter was designed based on the appearance of the peregrine falcon.]

[It's too late... Even an adult bald eagle can't fight a peregrine falcon in the air, let alone a cub? ]

[How tragic! Hurry up and save the fat bird! ]

[Please calm down and watch the video carefully. The peregrine falcon has no intention of attacking, and the little sea eagle has no intention of avoiding it. I guess, maybe they are enjoying this journey together? ]

[Are you serious? The probability of a peregrine falcon and a bald eagle becoming companions is lower than the probability of our country and a certain Eastern superpower becoming friends.]

[What are you talking about? India has always been a good friend of America! ]

…

Half an hour after the video was released, no one had thought of a way to rescue the little bald eagle. Instead, everyone was discussing whether the bald eagle could become companions with the peregrine falcon.

Just at this time, a young tourist lady who had been staying in the mall for several days drinking afternoon tea posted several photos and a long repo.

The repo content is mainly about a cute little bald eagle.

The young lady wrote in her repo: I met a little bald eagle yesterday. The furry bird brought its raven friend and wanted to enter the mall to use the air conditioning, but was stopped by security personnel.

The two birds were so adorable that the young lady offered to pay for any damage they caused and asked the mall not to drive the birds away.

She was prepared to pay a huge bill, but the bird just stood on the high railing to enjoy the cool air, and did not cause any financial losses or hygiene problems throughout the process.

As soon as the temperature dropped, they quietly left.

The next day, the little sister still sat in the familiar position, waiting for the cute little bird.

By noon, only ravens flew in stealthily. Finding that they were not driven away, they flapped their wings and flew high to rub the air conditioner.

The young lady was a little disappointed, thinking that the furry little sea eagle would not come. But when she looked up, she found that he was standing on the railing of the tall building opposite, trying to feed fish to a peregrine falcon.

The young lady used a camera to record the whole process of "failure to feed the little fat bird", "if you don't eat it, I will eat it", and "Are you really not going to have a bite?"

He also filmed a subsequent scene where a peregrine falcon was trying to catch a mouse, only to be rejected by a little sea eagle.

At the end of the repo, the girl wrote: He is such a cute little bird, and meeting him is the biggest surprise of my journey.

Netizen: ...

I've never seen anything like this before. The Peregrine Falcon and the Bald Eagle have actually established diplomatic relations.

Not long after the long repo was published, staff from the Wild Orphan Bird Care Association finally tracked down two fast-flying birds.

They were probably tired from flying, so they both stopped on a high tree branch and looked at the sea in the distance.

The scene was so beautiful that anyone who saw it would think of the four words "the years are quiet and good".

In fact, the content of the communication between the two birds of prey has nothing to do with "the good and peaceful days".

The fat little bird spread its huge wings, embraced the peregrine falcon, and motioned him to look at the seaweed and kelp jungle on the coast.

After a while, a mother sea otter appeared with her baby sea otter.

The little fat bird didn't care whether it was the same one from last time and kept chirping and complaining.

"Chirp!" Teach me how to hunt!

"Chirp!" I want to catch it!

The peregrine falcon, which could not understand the eagle language at all, looked at the calm sea, and then looked at the talkative little fat bird.

"Hehe." Why did you bring me to the beach? People say I don't eat fish.

"Chichi!" Yes, catch it!

“…Chuckles.” Okay, you can eat it too.

"Chirp!" Falcon, teach me quickly!

"Cluck." Go catch some fish.

The two birds were talking to each other, staring at each other, each waiting for the other to make the first move.

The peregrine falcon went around in circles before realizing that the fat little bird actually wanted it to catch a sea otter.

"Hmm?"

“Chi!”

A peregrine falcon, which weighs only three pounds including its skin and fur, certainly cannot challenge a sea otter, which weighs three digits.

It originally planned to abandon the unreasonable and whimsical little fat bird.

But the little fat guy tried to stop him from all sides, saying shamelessly, "You ate my fish, so you must teach me how to hunt."

The peregrine falcon, which has been subjected to moral kidnapping, feels deeply powerless.

Its parents taught it since it was young that bald eagles are robber birds, so why hasn’t it learned its lesson?

The falcon, feeling regretful, got on the pirate ship and could not escape even if it flew fast, after all, the little robber bird knew its nest.

Helplessly, the poor falcon had to work hard and teach the robber bird how to hunt.

Its hunting target was naturally not the sea otter, but the wild rabbits that were abundant in the local area.

Yu Yiyun was a little disappointed at first.

Just a hare.

I can do it too!

After observing closely for several times, Yu Yiyun keenly discovered that for a peregrine falcon, hunting hares of the same size as itself also requires superb skills.

During the two years that Yu Yiyun was a cat and dog, every time she found a hare, she just had to scratch it with her paws and open her mouth, and the hare would become so adorable!

Peregrine falcons are small in size and it is difficult for them to subdue rabbits using only their claws and beaks.

After it locks onto its prey, it must observe the wind direction, find the best flight trajectory, and use the momentum of its flight to kill the rabbit with one strike.

Yu Yiyun imitated the appearance of a peregrine falcon and tried several times.

He can't fly as fast as a peregrine falcon, so it's hard for him to perform a 'lightning attack'.

Several times, before it could get close to the rabbit, a huge black shadow with its wings spread out fell to the ground, causing the rabbit to dodge in panic.

After several attempts, Yu Yiyun worked out an effective way to improve it.

When he flies near his prey, he will turn his body sideways in advance and start his 'stealth skill' to reduce the area of ​​his shadow and avoid alerting the prey while still in the air.

After learning how to catch prey on the ground, Master Peregrine taught him a second skill: attacking prey in the air.

This falcon lives in the city and feeds mainly on ground prey.

In addition to mice, people often feed it fried chicken, steak and other meat products, so it basically doesn't have to worry about going hungry.

In fact, the prey of peregrine falcons living in the wild are mainly various birds.

As the fastest known bird of prey, the sky is the peregrine falcon's comfort zone.

With its terrifying speed, it can not only attack birds of prey that are larger than itself, but can even fight against multiple ones at once.

A peregrine falcon was once photographed flying alone into a group of pelicans.

The pelican is one of the largest existing flying birds, with a peak weight of over 12 kilograms, which is more than ten times that of the peregrine falcon!

Even so, the peregrine falcon still has no problem dealing with a large group of pelicans.

Sometimes it pecked its head, sometimes it kicked its stomach, causing the pelican to lose control and spin, then stagger to the ground.

If the peregrine falcon can find where the pelican fell, it will have a delicious meal.

The ultimate secret of peregrine falcon hunting: The only martial arts in the world that cannot be defeated is speed!

But because of the difference in body shape, Yu Yiyun found it difficult to learn that "fast" feeling.

However, after repeated demonstrations and teachings from Peregrine Falcon, Yu Yiyun came up with a compromise.

The little fat bird really couldn't use its speed to subdue its prey like lightning.

However, he has his own unique advantage: weight.

If the peregrine falcon's attack is like a dragonfly skimming the water, Yu Yiyun's attack can definitely be described as "a mountain pressing down on one's head."

In order to test the learning results of its only 'closed disciple', the peregrine falcon locked onto a mallard duck from a distance.

Mallard is a water bird, commonly known as wild duck.

It can fly, but not very well. In the eyes of the peregrine falcon, it is no different from a free-range chicken.

It has colorful fur and an obvious target, making it an excellent choice for apprentices to practice clawing.

The peregrine falcon locked onto the mallard from two or three kilometers away, urging Yu Yijun to quickly demonstrate his superb hunting skills.

Xiaofei chirped loudly and flew into the sky with full confidence.

When flying over the head of a mallard, turn your body sideways to reduce the area of ​​your cast shadow.

The mallard duck lay there, seemingly unaware.

Next, Yu Yiyun only needs to fly over quickly and launch an attack the moment he gets close...

In the first half, Yu Yiyun performed very well.

The mallard was unaware until he approached.

But...

The fat little guy misjudged his own weight and misjudged the distance.

He had planned to snatch the mallard from above, but his round body knocked the duck over and pinned it under his belly.

When the little fat bird stretched out its claws to attack, Yaya had already taken a step ahead.

It is difficult to tell whether it was hit to death or crushed to death.

The peregrine falcon watching from a distance was extremely silent.

——When you travel around in the world in the future, don’t give away your master.

Lose the bird.

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After two heavy rains, the high temperature that enveloped Alaska finally subsided.

Autumn is here!

Along with autumn comes the gifts from nature.

Every fall, millions of salmon migrate across the ocean, traveling more than 3,000 kilometers to the confluence of the Chilkat and Chilkoo rivers in Alaska to spawn.

After the eggs have developed into mature form, they will be carried back to the ocean by the ocean currents.

When a salmon lays its eggs, its life comes to an end.

They gather in shallow areas, attracting numerous predators to snatch them.

Of course, the bald eagle would not miss this opportunity.

In addition to the bald eagles that live in Alaska, the nominate bald eagle subspecies that lives in the southern United States also flies to this water area following the trail of salmon.

Compared to the Alaskan bald eagle, the nominate bald eagle is slightly larger and has slightly different fur color.

In just a few days, thousands of bald eagles flew in from all directions, waiting for the salmon to swim over and deliver them to their mouths.

Even though the sea eagles are now waiting for fish in the water, once one of them gets the fish, the others will definitely rush over to snatch it.

Compared with their own failures, the success of their peers makes them more disheartened.

"Oh oh?" Where's the salmon?

"Oh huh?" Why haven't the salmon come yet?

"Oh oh!" Hurry up those salmon!

Countless sand sculptures are staring at the water, waiting for salmon to grow in it.

Suddenly, a bird flew across the sky.

The sand sculptures looked up and saw the young bird flying across the sky.

This is normal.

The survival mode of bald eagles has been similar from generation to generation. When the salmon season comes, the newly-born chicks will join the adult birds in the large group that grabs salmon.

However, the sea eagles, with their excellent eyesight, clearly saw -

In the chubby young bird's claws was a salmon!

The flock of eagles exploded!

"Ouch?" Where did he get the salmon?!

"Oh hey!" All the birds come out when they spot a salmon!

"Oh oh!" When I snatched the fish from that boy, he cried so loudly!