Person Rescues Falcon Bird From Bridge While Kayaking
This person was kayaking when they heard a bird call. On further inspection, they recognized it to be a Peregrine Falcon as it sat on a bridge above the water. The person carefully assisted the bird in swimming on the water and dropped them on the concrete block as well.
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00:00I'm looking at a falcon.
00:04That's a falcon for sure.
00:07How cool is that?
00:09I don't know why it would be this low.
00:11Maybe it's a hatchling that hasn't quite learned to fly yet.
00:16Fascinating.
00:18I'll see if I can get a closer look in a minute.
00:20Oh, there she is.
00:22How beautiful.
00:26Aren't you gorgeous?
00:30Wow.
00:32Arrogant falcon.
00:36Alright, so that falcon fell in the water.
00:40And I've tried to rescue him a few times now, but
00:44he has a very healthy distrust of humans.
00:48So I'm trying my best
00:54to pick her up
00:56and get her to shore.
01:00Now she was in one of these
01:02concrete pylons
01:04which is probably
01:06a lot safer than shore
01:08just because of foxes and dogs and things like that.
01:10Here you go.
01:12Come here.
01:14Come on.
01:16Come on.
01:18Come on.
01:20Come on up here.
01:24Come here, silly.
01:27You are one silly bird.
01:29Come on.
01:31There you go.
01:33There you go.
01:35Alright, come on.
01:37I'm going to get you to shore, okay?
01:39I'm just going to take you to shore.
01:43No, no, no, no.
01:45You silly bird.
01:51I'm going to do it myself.
01:53Don't need your help, human.
01:55What you don't know is
01:57you can't get up that, man.
01:59There is no handhold
02:01for you to get up that thing
02:03and you're too wet
02:05and the tide is going out.
02:11There you go.
02:13Come on.
02:19I'm going to let you give it a try,
02:22but...
02:30Come here.
02:32Come here.
02:34There you go.
02:36There you go.
02:38No, no, no, shh, shh, shh.
02:40Birdie, Birdie, hey.
02:42Hey, it's okay.
02:44Tuck your wings in.
02:46Tuck them in.
02:48There you go.
02:50All I'm going to do
02:52is take you over to the shoreline, okay?
02:54You just relax.
02:56I'm just going to take you to shore.
02:58That's all, okay?
03:00I know.
03:02I know I'm a big, scary human
03:04and you're right to be afraid of me,
03:06but just let me help you out for a little bit, okay?
03:08Just let me get you over to shore.
03:10No, shh, shh, shh.
03:12You can go over there.
03:14Dry off your wings.
03:16You'll be good to go, okay?
03:20It's going to be all right.
03:22It's going to...
03:24Oh, no, no, no, no, shh, shh.
03:26Oh, silly bird.
03:28We're going to do this all the way to shore, aren't we?
03:30Every time you see a new concrete pylon.
03:34I know it's all you've ever known,
03:36but I'm telling you,
03:38it's not the way to go.
03:40It's really not the way to go.
03:42Come on.
03:44Here, no, shh, shh, shh.
03:47Look at me.
03:49It's okay.
03:51It's okay.
03:55It's all right.
03:57Come on.
03:59We're almost there now.
04:01We're almost there.
04:03It's okay.
04:11I don't think I saw a striper rise.
04:13That'd be cool.
04:17Yeah, there's a striper
04:19heading over here.
04:21Huh.
04:23I guess that worked out pretty well,
04:25didn't it, pretty bird?
04:29My pretty peregrine falcon.
04:31No, no, no, no.
04:33No, no, no, buddy.
04:35No, no, shh, shh, shh.
04:37I know.
04:39I get it.
04:41I get it.
04:43I know.
04:45We're almost there.
04:47I'm going to get you there, okay?
04:49Come on.
04:51We're almost there.
05:01Now here,
05:03I'm actually going to let you
05:05back on this concrete pylon
05:07because that's not a far swim
05:09if you ever want to make it to shore.
05:11So it's your call, buddy.
05:14There you go.
05:16There you go.
05:18All right.
05:20I'll see you later, okay?
05:24I know.
05:26I know it was scary,
05:28but I think you're going to be all right.
05:30If you don't mind,
05:32let me get your picture, though.
05:34I promise,
05:36it doesn't steal your soul.
05:40All right.
05:42You have a good day now, okay?
05:44I'll see you later.