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By: See Scotland from an Eagle's Point of View | Surprising Science

See Scotland from an Eagle's Point of View | Surprising Science — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:18:16 +0000

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By: What happens when you put a camera on an eagle? « Virginia Hughes

What happens when you put a camera on an eagle? « Virginia Hughes — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:23:34 +0000

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By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:32:53 +0000

Jeff Corwin met up with these guys for one of his segments in the 1st season of Corwins Quest on Animal Planet (one of my 6yr old’s favorite shows) – he even used that same Golden Eagle (Tilly). That show is worth watching as well.

http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/jeffcorwin/episode/episode04_09/sight.html

By: Cheyenne

Cheyenne — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:50:13 +0000

Go to the Google and type in “you tube golden eagle wolf hunting”. Then do it but change out “wolf” with “reindeer”.

OK so yeah, you can friggin train one of those to hunt a wolf on the Mongolian Steppe or head up north of the Arctic circle and have it take down a Caribou. Absolutely amazing.

By: Justus

Justus — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:01:48 +0000

I’m sure the cameras must feel like a backpack full of bricks to the bird. They completely destroy the aerodynamic shape of its body. I bet getting used to them took some time.

By: David Vanderschel

David Vanderschel — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:08:02 +0000

I did find a torrent for BBC’s Animal Camera 2. The tracker is working, but nobody is seeding it. Very few peers looking.

By: another mike

another mike — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:22:47 +0000

@alfaniner, I was just thinking that goshawk sequence looked a lot like the speeder-bike chase. Spy on the Wild is another great series to watch. They were stuck with larger cameras but camouflaged them to not weird out the critters too much. And by critter I mean elephant, tiger, pride of lions, etc. Nothing cuter than watching a lion cub nom on bouldercam.

By: Petrolonfire

Petrolonfire — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:52:10 +0000

@ 6. Romeo Vitelli Says:

How do they get the camera off the bird afterward?

They pluck it?

Cool footage though. If there’s anything to the idea of reincarnation (I know, there’s probably not but still..) coming back as a bird of prey does have a certain strong appeal to it.

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:34:55 +0000

@ 27. Robin D. Nelson Says:

Well, it’s not exactly what the eagle sees, because the eagle’s eyesight is so much better than ours. But it’s beautiful.

You beat me to it. That’s what I was going to say. That & the Oliver Twist line : “Please sir, can I have some more!”

Yes, I too wish the narrator /editor there would just shut up and show us the bird-cam footage. That was just a very small taste of something very cool.

@ 18. featheredfrog Says:

The peregrine and goshawk segment is here: …

Thanks!

Sadly, while good that still seems kinda short. I would *love* a lot more just from the bird-cam.

Talk about having a bird’s eye view!

@ 22. TechyDad Says:

Amazing, but I’ve got to agree about the editing. I’d love to see the raw video of that front camera through the entire flight. Depending on the quality of the footage, perhaps you could project it on an IMAX type screen and maybe blow some wind at people to enhance the realism…. Sorry, was just having a Disney World Soarin’ flashback.

Don’t be sorry. That’s a durned good idea & I’d love to see that too.

By: FreeSpeaker

FreeSpeaker — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:46:49 +0000

Reminds me of the time I tried to teach my wife how to drive…

By: alfaniner

alfaniner — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:11:42 +0000

ILM would have had a field day with this had the mini-tech existed around 1982…

By: wright

wright — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:40:09 +0000

@ #15: that was my thought too. I’d heard that even highly-trained raptor birds have this regrettable tendency to go for the eyes if held too close. Oh well, I understand functional optical replacements are coming along nicely…

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:57:43 +0000

Wow! Thanks for posting this Phil.

By: Robin D. Nelson

Robin D. Nelson — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:56:17 +0000

Well, it’s not exactly what the eagle sees, because the eagle’s eyesight is so much better than ours. But it’s beautiful.

By: Nomad

Nomad — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:25:12 +0000

Too bad they didn’t bring the cams closer together and aim at a stereoscopic view. Still great idea and great footage.

By: Lars

Lars — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:06:37 +0000

Awesome pictures!

@Jack: My impression was that they had multiple cameras “on board”.

By: Jack Hagerty

Jack Hagerty — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:07:47 +0000

It seems like those cameras can steer, either that or they combined footage from multiple flights changing the camera aim between them. Sometimes we were looking over its head, sometimes at its head from the left, sometimes out along the wing and once, very briefly, over the tail. Of all the viewpoints, this last one intrigued me the most, followed closely by the wing shot. I wanted to see how it moved its tail and wingtip feathers to perform the different maneuvers. I’ve seen lots of video from RC gliders like this and comparing them would be fascinating.

- Jack

By: Inside the Asylum :: Eagles Eye View :: January :: 2010

Inside the Asylum :: Eagles Eye View :: January :: 2010 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:44:19 +0000

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By: TechyDad

TechyDad — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:02:59 +0000

By: Alec

Alec — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:17:45 +0000

Wow, that’s so cool. I’ve always wanted to be a bird for the flight, haha. Although it was awesome, I agree with Steve that there should’ve been a long uninterrupted shot.

I love evolution.

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:11:43 +0000

Cool! I wonder if anyone has thought of bugging a wolf in Yellow Stone? That could provide some really interesting insight into the behavior of the pack.

GAry 7

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:38:26 +0000

I too was bothered by the editing. In fact, I was surprised just how much it bothered me!

By: featheredfrog

featheredfrog — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:53:34 +0000

The peregrine and goshawk segment is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_RHRAzUHM&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=E49D1D846F767A07

By: I'd rather be fishin'

I'd rather be fishin' — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:43:17 +0000

WOW! Beautiful birds and stunning camera work, their video is much better than mine.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:29:21 +0000

I saw this program on tv a little while ago.. awesome footage! Glad to see it again.