r/interesting • u/I-T-Y • Jul 14 '26

NATURE Pigeon walks into falcon's nest

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u/BasketOld3242 Jul 14 '26

found it happy the dumbass lived another day.

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u/tiredbich Jul 14 '26

Oh fuck thank you. I felt so bad for it.

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u/SocialJusticeAndroid Jul 14 '26

Me too. I’m glad.

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u/Best_Position4574 Jul 14 '26

I needed this too

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u/Chris_OMane Jul 14 '26

we are the good people

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u/PC_query_man Jul 14 '26

I was literally just feeding a wood pigeon (the ones in the video) at my windowsill. They are sweet creatures. The rock doves/feral pigeons beg loudly for food but this guy is so quiet, he politely sits there waiting for seed, and totters over once I'm out of sight. Only eats the fancy seeds too, leaves the wheat etc.

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u/VoidRaven Jul 14 '26

Nah. They are dumb flying rats that just shit everywhere and spread parasites&diseases

Once symbol of peace and purity, now rats with wings

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u/tiredbich Jul 16 '26

Still would have been a horrible way to go. They don't deserve it.

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u/fuckyouguy_ Jul 14 '26

Felt horrible hearing its cries.

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u/cbehopkins Jul 14 '26

Really, a falcon's gotta eat too, and they're a LOT rarer than pigeons.

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u/Un4442nate Jul 14 '26

Quite right. Nature needs predation to keep everything overall healthy, and there are orders of magnitude more Pigeons than Peregrines.

A quick google says there are less than 500,000 Peregrines worldwide, and Britain alone has over 5 million Wood Pigeons (the particular species seen here) so there will be much more worldwide.

And as for feral pigeons, up to 400 million worldwide, so that's 800 per Peregrine.

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u/mokod0 Jul 14 '26

thanks man, glad he got away

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u/PomegranatePlanet69 Jul 14 '26

I hope he survived too :'( didn't just go limp away to die

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u/ToNotFeelAtAll Jul 14 '26

Thank you. I know the falcon’s gotta eat I just didn’t want this to be what I woke up to lol

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u/DMDT087 Jul 14 '26

Same! I thought it was going to be some goofy “unexpected friends” video 😅

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u/PeachyMilkTea_ Jul 14 '26

Me, too! Then the video ended and I just sat there and said, “oh”.

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u/kanrad Jul 14 '26

In the full video it was less about eating the pigeon and more about defending it's eggs.

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u/potatoears Jul 14 '26

team pigeon cheers 🎉

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u/AscendedViking7 Jul 14 '26

all hail team pigeon

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u/Poster_Nutbag207 Jul 14 '26

Thanks for unruining my day!

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u/OhNoIBoffedIt Jul 14 '26

Mom did NOT have time for that shit.

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u/ohmylanta34 Jul 14 '26

I keep seeing this shorter version today and yours is the one I remember seeing a few months back.

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u/PestoPastaLover Jul 14 '26

The closure I didn't know I needed. Thank you.

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u/bladezor Jul 14 '26

I'm not sure how well that pigeon was flying though considering half it's rectrices were ripped out.

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u/Ok-Effective7280 Jul 14 '26

Not sure the pigeon will be flying very straight after losing all its tail feathers.

Did someone say, ‘shake ya tail feather………….’

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u/litreofstarlight Jul 14 '26

Whew. Glad that fluffy dickhead lived to hopefully not fight another day.

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u/External-Praline-451 Jul 14 '26

Oh phew, this upset me!

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u/yumyumnoodl3 Jul 14 '26

Depending on the inflicted wounds, it might be not much more than a day

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u/anubis_cheerleader Jul 14 '26

I'm surprised and relieved. Thanks for sharing!

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u/tastychaii Jul 14 '26

Hahaha nice one

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u/Dull_Working5086 Jul 14 '26

Oh thank God. 🙏Poor little dummy.

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u/Connect-Process2933 Jul 14 '26

damn that's sad

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u/RoseyMommyFindom Jul 14 '26

Awww there's a frame in the video where you see the 4 brown eggs she's protecting and a bunch of pigeon feathers in the air 😅 Pics

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u/Chiryou Jul 14 '26

Thank you kind stranger. I hate it when videos are cut and incomplete.

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u/MadameDuChat Jul 14 '26

Aww and the falcon goes back to sit on her eggs! Explains the nest camera