Falcon that crashed Taylor Swift concert set-up released
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Falcon that crashed Taylor Swift concert set-up released back at Stadium Australia. A peregrine falcon that came to ground during the set-up for Taylor Swift's concert has recovered in the care of wildlife professionals and has been released back into his habitat at Stadium Australia.
Good thing the authorities got involved... peregrine falcons have been known to prey on swifts.
posted by Pickman's Next Top Model at 9:40 AM on April 3 [20 favorites]
posted by Pickman's Next Top Model at 9:40 AM on April 3 [20 favorites]
Seems like an omen...
posted by Reverend John at 10:04 AM on April 3
posted by Reverend John at 10:04 AM on April 3
After Taylor Swift endorses Joe Biden on Election Day eve, she'll reach behind her, put on a falconer's gauntlet, make a fist, and lift up her arm.
At first, one small bird lands on the glove. Maybe it's a kestrel or something.
As she continues to stand silently on stage, fist raised, more birds land on the gauntlet, until there's a swarm of falcons and hawks and eagles, dozens, or maybe hundreds, clinging to the glove, perched on the ground, and flying in tight circles around her.
Taylor Swift silently opens her fist, and the horde of birds, screaming and squawking and yelping, explodes out of the open stadium roof and into the night sky. She turns back to the crowd.
"Look what you made me do."
posted by box at 11:48 AM on April 3 [11 favorites]
At first, one small bird lands on the glove. Maybe it's a kestrel or something.
As she continues to stand silently on stage, fist raised, more birds land on the gauntlet, until there's a swarm of falcons and hawks and eagles, dozens, or maybe hundreds, clinging to the glove, perched on the ground, and flying in tight circles around her.
Taylor Swift silently opens her fist, and the horde of birds, screaming and squawking and yelping, explodes out of the open stadium roof and into the night sky. She turns back to the crowd.
"Look what you made me do."
posted by box at 11:48 AM on April 3 [11 favorites]
I can't let a peregrine falcon mention go by without plugging the University of Sheffield's own peregrine cam. It's focused on a nesting box up on the spire of one of the campus buildings (a former church), and every spring a mated pair of peregrines come to it to lay their eggs and raise their young.
We're well into the nesting season, and at the moment this year's parents are taking turns sitting on two (and possibly three) eggs that should be hatching within a few weeks, and then we'll get to spend another few weeks watching the chicks grow up and eventually leave the nest. It's fascinating, and I tune in every year.
(Be forewarned, though, that peregrine falcons are very much predators, and it gets messy around feeding time. You're going to see pigeon parts.)
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 1:59 PM on April 3 [3 favorites]
We're well into the nesting season, and at the moment this year's parents are taking turns sitting on two (and possibly three) eggs that should be hatching within a few weeks, and then we'll get to spend another few weeks watching the chicks grow up and eventually leave the nest. It's fascinating, and I tune in every year.
(Be forewarned, though, that peregrine falcons are very much predators, and it gets messy around feeding time. You're going to see pigeon parts.)
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 1:59 PM on April 3 [3 favorites]
The Dutch Birding Society also has a peregrine cam.
posted by Pendragon at 3:27 PM on April 3 [1 favorite]
posted by Pendragon at 3:27 PM on April 3 [1 favorite]
The look on the falcon's face when it was told it was going to miss the show....
posted by srboisvert at 4:50 PM on April 3 [2 favorites]
posted by srboisvert at 4:50 PM on April 3 [2 favorites]
I read this title several times, because I kept parsing it as,
Falcon that crashed Taylor Swift concert set up
By whom?! [law and order "duh-duhn"]
posted by DigDoug at 4:51 AM on April 4 [1 favorite]
Falcon that crashed Taylor Swift concert set up
By whom?! [law and order "duh-duhn"]
posted by DigDoug at 4:51 AM on April 4 [1 favorite]
Oooh oooh my building has falcons too also
Birdies
Well, not *my* building.
posted by Gorgik at 10:25 AM on April 4
Birdies
Well, not *my* building.
posted by Gorgik at 10:25 AM on April 4
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