Vultures can actually recognize people, be very affectionate and form bonds and are intelligent. The only problem is....well they smell like you left food outside in the summer for 2 weeks....
This is a trained bird. Not a random bird just landing on this guys selfi stick. If you read the description it says: "Paragliding instructor Scott Mason recently demonstrated the astonishing activity he has pioneered called parahawking, wherein a trained bird of prey guides him on flights to thermal columns that make his aerial trips longer and more birdlike."
Well this is a trained bird. This bird helps the paraglider find the thermals to make his Paragliding trip much longer From the description: "Paragliding instructor Scott Mason recently demonstrated the astonishing activity he has pioneered called parahawking, wherein a trained bird of prey guides him on flights to thermal columns that make his aerial trips longer and more birdlike."
Black Vultures are incredible. They are so unlike any other bird in that they are insanely curious and intrigued about the world around them, even the parts of the world that are well-outside their day to day lives. Highly intelligent, especially outgoing for birds. I believe humans and black vultures to be kindred spirits. There needs to be more comprehensive behavioral research into them ,especially relating to their intelligence and social relationships. Sadly there is next to nothing. I'm fortunate to have unexpectedly developed a personal relationship with a mated pair of balck vultures, both 100% wild. I knew nothing much about them prior, though i do love wildlife and animals in general. The pair use an abandoned barn on the property next to mine each year as their nesting site. So they were commonly on and around our large property at certain points through the day. It's their natural inquisitiveness that brought us closer together. We first noticed after realizing they were very fascinated by our yard work, vehicle maintenance, us being outside in general. In turn, I became increasingly fascinated with them. After observing them struggle to drink from a bird bath I keep that is designed for songbirds-too small to hold the weight of the much larger black vulture no matter how they tried balancing-I decided to turn on the water hose to fill a hole in the yard my dog consistently maintains. The male, who we've named Odin, understood my intentions and what I was doing and came right over right away. In the days that followed this became routine. He would even play in these puddles, happily dunking his head beneath the water to grab and then toss little stones. That was the real beginning of our friendship Fast forward two years to present day and it's a common sight to see them on the front porch and looking into the living room at us. They even hang out with our cats when the cats go outside in the mornings, all together on the porch relaxing like it's totally normal. We have a window AC unit in a mud room with a full view of the kitchen. They often sit on it so they can watch us cook, wash dishes, and clean. Sometimes we may forget to open the curtains in the morning, when that happens Odin will gentlly knock on the window with his beak as a request for us to open them so he can see in. It sounds unbelievable but I'm fortunate to have caught it on video several times. Odin is especially confident and outgoing, far more than his mate, so our mutual trust has grown enough that I can do little anecdotal "experiments" for the purpose of indulging his inquisitive nature. I brought a few random items from around the house to the front porch one afternoon when he came by. I set them down and one by one engaged each item in a fashion that demonstrates its purpose/usefulness. A picture book with sound buttons, a wooden basket with hinged lid, a box of kleenex, a vending machine bottle of soda, and a small handful of yellow dandilions. I arranged them on the porch in a row and one by one I engaged each item. I opened the book, turned the pages, pressed the sound buttons, and closed a single dandilion in the middle. Next, I opened the basket and put the rest of the dandilions in it, closed it back, flipped it upside down and mimed trying to open the lid again which wouldn't work with the lid being underneath, so I flipped it again and opened the lid before closing it and flipping it back upside down. I then took a tissue from the kleenex box, paused, and took two more. Next I opened the soda, and did one very quick pour onto the porch and used the tissues to cover the small puddle. Odin, who was at first off the side of the porch, galloped over and hopped up the stairs onto the porch and gave my demonstration his full attention almost immediately. He observed me doing each step I described, IIRC I repeated the pattern 4 times in an intentional and methodical way. Then I stopped and sat still. After a few seconds he approached and began engaging the items just as I had. And in the exact order. It was as if he felt compelled to ascertain the overall point to my demonstration, like he hoped it would all make sense once he did it. There was no point other than to show how industrious, bright, and exceptional this species is, and how grateful I am to have earned their friendship. Both me and my SO.
That is an awesome story. I think you should also know that in the video description it said the bird was trained. Check out Scott Mason's really cool TH-cam channel. Tons of footage like this. Including other types of trained birds. 😃
I started calling vultures Cathars after learning the family name of the ones that lived on my home's land is Cathartidae. It suited their dignity better.
The reason he probably hitched a ride is because vultures are super huge and don't actually even flap their wings like other birds to fly. Once they gain some altitude they prefer to soar on the air currents to conserve energy! Life is tough when you have to rely on things dying for dinner. They are wonderful birds.
As for these professional shots, when the vulture soars and is photographed close-up. These shots do not find in the world, but when little too little for this work this is a great achievement
@@doctorhyena9619 why not just use your native language to comment? TH-cam has an auto translate so all readers can adjust to their language. Also I think languages are beautiful..
@glibbergloop My mother tongue is very difficult. Even if I want to translate it, I have to repeat the sentences so that they are translated correctly. I remember once that I wrote a sentence spontaneously, then I said I want to copy it and see how it will be translated, and I was surprised that the sentence had a bad meaning, so I said that I must repeat the sentence in more than one form until it was translated correctly my mother language is Arabic
How lucky! I wish I could connect with vultures, they are such lovely creatures. So often they are misunderstood and people believe a lot of negative, often untrue things about them. Heralds of woe or death, and it's so untrue.
I know she's obviously trained but its still cool & shows the intellect of Vultures...they fly so high because they use jet streams to cover vast distances without needing to expend precious energy on flapping their wings. They will also group together in areas of hot air thermals & use it to rise to around 3 kms. They hold the record for highest flight by an animal & thats not mentioning they can fly for insanly long times without resting on the ground. 1 actually flew/coasted for over 24 hrs straight
What I don't get is that you posted this in October of 2020 and only have 53,000 plus views. I would have thought this would have gone viral with well over a million?
Hey!, this is kind "weird"... this is a Black vulture : Coragyps atratus This vulture is only located in the Americas: from south USA to North Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, is not an european vulture... Have you trained this vulture to europe? Very nice, but Im still thinking about this "Coragyps atratus"
@@rubovivas Excuse me, but in the description it doesn says if it is a Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or not. Is it normal to bring american bird species in europe? Is just my question
@@guaicaipurotamanaco659 That species shouldn't be seen in the wild in europe. But is pretty comon to see people bringing birds from other countries to train them. Even that specific spices are maybe easier to train than the europe ones.
@@kganeshkumar lol, I’m a bird lover so it does look like I do but I wish. Moved into my home on about 4 acres against the forest about 14 years ago and from the get go there were tons of vultures. I considered them a major annoyance initially bc they would trample on the roof at 5:30-6am every morning waking the whole house up but over the years I’ve learned to embrace them. I got them a huge bathing container that they use daily, they use my back yard or perch on the fence to sunbathe, hang out in my trees, and if I have leftovers or meat that’s expired I throw it out for them. They don’t wake me up anymore so I can’t think of any negative impact they have hanging around so now I just welcome them.
Dudeee, that's not in Spain, that's in Brazil. That's the Black Headed Vulture, species native to South America. IF i'm not wrong, the video was recorded in Brazil too.
In another similar video, it's an American black vulture. Since the description said it's a trained bird, it is therefore not wild, and this could therfore also be truly Spain. (If you were meaning it couldn't be Spain due to the bird species. If you happen to recognize the terrain on the ground because you live there then that's understandable. )
I have 2 vultures I wave to every morning and they are in the same spot same time everyday. My family thinks I’m crazy, that they don’t see me wave. I think they do.
@@productrecall5183 Yes. But it joined them socially years ago and is a trained bird, it didn't join them in the sky just as the cameras were rolling. Leaving that major detail out is a touch deceptive, it certainly changed my opinion of the video.
Well they aren't scared because it's a trained bird. If you read the description it says "Paragliding instructor Scott Mason recently demonstrated the astonishing activity he has pioneered called parahawking, wherein a trained bird of prey guides him on flights to thermal columns that make his aerial trips longer and more birdlike."
It's an american/South American. But this is a trained bird. Read the description. It says "Paragliding instructor Scott Mason recently demonstrated the astonishing activity he has pioneered called parahawking, wherein a trained bird of prey guides him on flights to thermal columns that make his aerial trips longer and more birdlike."
They have no reaction because it's not a wild bird. It's a trained vulture. Read the description of the video. It says "Paragliding instructor Scott Mason recently demonstrated the astonishing activity he has pioneered called parahawking, wherein a trained bird of prey guides him on flights to thermal columns that make his aerial trips longer and more birdlike."
Vultures can actually recognize people, be very affectionate and form bonds and are intelligent. The only problem is....well they smell like you left food outside in the summer for 2 weeks....
Fax
They eat rotting dead things. So I could imagine they smell pretty rancid.
No that’s not true vultures give themselves baths after they eat
@@mitchellneuhoff9946 It's a _bird_ how good of a 'bath' do you honestly think they're getting?
_they probably do smell bad often times_
Robins are also birds that recognize people and form bonds. Amazing little birds!
Gosh this is so cute. I just adore vultures, also the expressions on the faces of the people parahawking with them is a bonus, they look elated.
No one remove rotten corpses like vultures. Amazing creatures.
This is a trained bird. Not a random bird just landing on this guys selfi stick. If you read the description it says:
"Paragliding instructor Scott Mason recently demonstrated the astonishing activity he has pioneered called parahawking, wherein a trained bird of prey guides him on flights to thermal columns that make his aerial trips longer and more birdlike."
The way he puts his feet out the way he guilds just amazing.
Birds are always so cute and curious! The wild geese I regularly visit, are equally curious!
Well this is a trained bird. This bird helps the paraglider find the thermals to make his Paragliding trip much longer
From the description:
"Paragliding instructor Scott Mason recently demonstrated the astonishing activity he has pioneered called parahawking, wherein a trained bird of prey guides him on flights to thermal columns that make his aerial trips longer and more birdlike."
Also check out Scott Mason's really cool TH-cam channel. Tons of footage like this. Including other types of trained birds. 😃
Practicing his touch and goes! Good job!
OMG You legend, LOL.
Amazing how birds can fly so high...beautiful !
Black Vultures are incredible. They are so unlike any other bird in that they are insanely curious and intrigued about the world around them, even the parts of the world that are well-outside their day to day lives. Highly intelligent, especially outgoing for birds. I believe humans and black vultures to be kindred spirits. There needs to be more comprehensive behavioral research into them ,especially relating to their intelligence and social relationships. Sadly there is next to nothing.
I'm fortunate to have unexpectedly developed a personal relationship with a mated pair of balck vultures, both 100% wild. I knew nothing much about them prior, though i do love wildlife and animals in general. The pair use an abandoned barn on the property next to mine each year as their nesting site. So they were commonly on and around our large property at certain points through the day. It's their natural inquisitiveness that brought us closer together. We first noticed after realizing they were very fascinated by our yard work, vehicle maintenance, us being outside in general. In turn, I became increasingly fascinated with them. After observing them struggle to drink from a bird bath I keep that is designed for songbirds-too small to hold the weight of the much larger black vulture no matter how they tried balancing-I decided to turn on the water hose to fill a hole in the yard my dog consistently maintains. The male, who we've named Odin, understood my intentions and what I was doing and came right over right away. In the days that followed this became routine. He would even play in these puddles, happily dunking his head beneath the water to grab and then toss little stones. That was the real beginning of our friendship
Fast forward two years to present day and it's a common sight to see them on the front porch and looking into the living room at us. They even hang out with our cats when the cats go outside in the mornings, all together on the porch relaxing like it's totally normal. We have a window AC unit in a mud room with a full view of the kitchen. They often sit on it so they can watch us cook, wash dishes, and clean. Sometimes we may forget to open the curtains in the morning, when that happens Odin will gentlly knock on the window with his beak as a request for us to open them so he can see in. It sounds unbelievable but I'm fortunate to have caught it on video several times. Odin is especially confident and outgoing, far more than his mate, so our mutual trust has grown enough that I can do little anecdotal "experiments" for the purpose of indulging his inquisitive nature. I brought a few random items from around the house to the front porch one afternoon when he came by. I set them down and one by one engaged each item in a fashion that demonstrates its purpose/usefulness. A picture book with sound buttons, a wooden basket with hinged lid, a box of kleenex, a vending machine bottle of soda, and a small handful of yellow dandilions. I arranged them on the porch in a row and one by one I engaged each item. I opened the book, turned the pages, pressed the sound buttons, and closed a single dandilion in the middle. Next, I opened the basket and put the rest of the dandilions in it, closed it back, flipped it upside down and mimed trying to open the lid again which wouldn't work with the lid being underneath, so I flipped it again and opened the lid before closing it and flipping it back upside down. I then took a tissue from the kleenex box, paused, and took two more. Next I opened the soda, and did one very quick pour onto the porch and used the tissues to cover the small puddle. Odin, who was at first off the side of the porch, galloped over and hopped up the stairs onto the porch and gave my demonstration his full attention almost immediately. He observed me doing each step I described, IIRC I repeated the pattern 4 times in an intentional and methodical way. Then I stopped and sat still. After a few seconds he approached and began engaging the items just as I had. And in the exact order. It was as if he felt compelled to ascertain the overall point to my demonstration, like he hoped it would all make sense once he did it. There was no point other than to show how industrious, bright, and exceptional this species is, and how grateful I am to have earned their friendship. Both me and my SO.
That is an awesome story. I think you should also know that in the video description it said the bird was trained.
Check out Scott Mason's really cool TH-cam channel. Tons of footage like this. Including other types of trained birds. 😃
That is very cool. Please tell me you filmed that last interaction
I love this
I started calling vultures Cathars after learning the family name of the ones that lived on my home's land is Cathartidae. It suited their dignity better.
Super cool!!! Thanks for sharing 😊
I can't stress enough how much i love this video in terms beyond admiration
Superbe !
J’en croise régulièrement dans le thermique, C’est toujours une méga émotion !
The reason he probably hitched a ride is because vultures are super huge and don't actually even flap their wings like other birds to fly. Once they gain some altitude they prefer to soar on the air currents to conserve energy! Life is tough when you have to rely on things dying for dinner. They are wonderful birds.
Insane how high these vultures can fly.
Vulture: *You guys falling slowly to your death? Cuz I'm hungry*
That's great! Love these pieces of peaceful Life :)
That's so cool and cute!
Wow what a beautiful, cool moment and scenery
Just beautiful experience watching
Majestic, simple and pure nature majestuosity.
Thanks for sharing. That must have been amazing to experience.
It’s amazing how much the open air can be like water
No human made machine can fly with the elegance of a big bird......thats for sure...
Most tandem outfits don't allow carrion.
This should have millions of views
So super cool ❤ this!
Absolutely incredible!
As for these professional shots, when the vulture soars and is photographed close-up. These shots do not find in the world, but when little too little for this work this is a great achievement
@Skip Daulton
I write sentences by translation, so if there is a problem with my words, Professor Google will bear that mistake
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@@doctorhyena9619 why not just use your native language to comment? TH-cam has an auto translate so all readers can adjust to their language. Also I think languages are beautiful..
@glibbergloop
My mother tongue is very difficult. Even if I want to translate it, I have to repeat the sentences so that they are translated correctly. I remember once that I wrote a sentence spontaneously, then I said I want to copy it and see how it will be translated, and I was surprised that the sentence had a bad meaning, so I said that I must repeat the sentence in more than one form until it was translated correctly
my mother language is Arabic
How lucky! I wish I could connect with vultures, they are such lovely creatures. So often they are misunderstood and people believe a lot of negative, often untrue things about them. Heralds of woe or death, and it's so untrue.
Vultures are actually quite nice, friendly birds.
I know she's obviously trained but its still cool & shows the intellect of Vultures...they fly so high because they use jet streams to cover vast distances without needing to expend precious energy on flapping their wings. They will also group together in areas of hot air thermals & use it to rise to around 3 kms. They hold the record for highest flight by an animal & thats not mentioning they can fly for insanly long times without resting on the ground. 1 actually flew/coasted for over 24 hrs straight
Legit the coolest thing I have ever seen!!
Guys, how do I like a video 47 times?
j'adore les vautours et gypaètes ici en Suisse, magnifiques oiseaux.... quel rêve formidable , cette scène . Magnifique !
I've always thought paragliding is terrifying but given this possible encounter, I just might rethink it lol :D
Magnificent.
What I don't get is that you posted this in October of 2020 and only have 53,000 plus views. I would have thought this would have gone viral with well over a million?
Probably have to pay to get video advertised better for those kind of views.
The guy in the white helmet didn't enjoy this visitor at all 😅
Son los artistas del aire !!!!
How cool is that?!
Vulture: “what kind of bird are you?”
Man, that is the coolest thing!
He just gliding too that’s so cool
Beautiful
He is adorable
This is so beautiful
Here before this video is swarmed with people randomly finding this in their recommended
u were. now we're here
So amazing
was this the same one I seen on worldstar this week?
..... SPLENDIFEROUS.....
Hey!, this is kind "weird"... this is a Black vulture : Coragyps atratus
This vulture is only located in the Americas: from south USA to North Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, is not an european vulture...
Have you trained this vulture to europe?
Very nice, but Im still thinking about this "Coragyps atratus"
Yes probably a hand raised bird as black vultures are not found in europe.
Read the description xD
@@rubovivas Excuse me, but in the description it doesn says if it is a Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or not.
Is it normal to bring american bird species in europe?
Is just my question
@@guaicaipurotamanaco659 That species shouldn't be seen in the wild in europe. But is pretty comon to see people bringing birds from other countries to train them. Even that specific spices are maybe easier to train than the europe ones.
Yes, the cinereous vulture is way bigger, lighter in color and doesn't have the turkey face.
Is in Brazil, there are no such vultures outside the Americas
Amazing!
480p...What a ..
I have 24 vultures out in my backyard right now waiting for me to throw the old food out from the fridge lol
Do you live in a bird sanctuary?
@@kganeshkumar lol, I’m a bird lover so it does look like I do but I wish. Moved into my home on about 4 acres against the forest about 14 years ago and from the get go there were tons of vultures. I considered them a major annoyance initially bc they would trample on the roof at 5:30-6am every morning waking the whole house up but over the years I’ve learned to embrace them. I got them a huge bathing container that they use daily, they use my back yard or perch on the fence to sunbathe, hang out in my trees, and if I have leftovers or meat that’s expired I throw it out for them. They don’t wake me up anymore so I can’t think of any negative impact they have hanging around so now I just welcome them.
Wonderful job! I envy you!
Hermoso
Dudeee, that's not in Spain, that's in Brazil. That's the Black Headed Vulture, species native to South America. IF i'm not wrong, the video was recorded in Brazil too.
In another similar video, it's an American black vulture. Since the description said it's a trained bird, it is therefore not wild, and this could therfore also be truly Spain. (If you were meaning it couldn't be Spain due to the bird species. If you happen to recognize the terrain on the ground because you live there then that's understandable. )
Jordan tin? 😂
This one is king vulture...
Put the fleet wood mac song inthe video
albatross!
I have 2 vultures I wave to every morning and they are in the same spot same time everyday. My family thinks I’m crazy, that they don’t see me wave. I think they do.
Look at this
What if the vulture can't see well and gets tangled in the strings🤔
Cute dragon bird
Talk about restricted air space. Kidding
The headline is kind of deceiving. Why be like that
Why be like what? "Vulture joins paragliders.." did the vulture not join the paragliders?
@@productrecall5183 Yes. But it joined them socially years ago and is a trained bird, it didn't join them in the sky just as the cameras were rolling. Leaving that major detail out is a touch deceptive, it certainly changed my opinion of the video.
If that were me on that parasail, I’d be scared shitless!!!
Well they aren't scared because it's a trained bird. If you read the description it says
"Paragliding instructor Scott Mason recently demonstrated the astonishing activity he has pioneered called parahawking, wherein a trained bird of prey guides him on flights to thermal columns that make his aerial trips longer and more birdlike."
The bar us just hold by hand ? Hope it can't fall down
There might be a safety rope attached beneath the stick
🔥🔥
That’s a wild bird?
Trained bird, this particular vulture is only found in the americas and not anywhere else.
Unbelievable
It is like an anime! Howls moving castle.
That’s kool
if ever there was a sign to stop doing something, this is it!
Buzzard should be wearing a little helmet.
Well sir.. THAT was cool as fuuuuuck
Tu byłem.Tony Halik 2022
Круто!
🪜 brothers
سبحان الله 😘
Oh haaallleee nah
Penguins can not do that.
Isn’t it a south american vulture?
It's an american/South American. But this is a trained bird. Read the description. It says
"Paragliding instructor Scott Mason recently demonstrated the astonishing activity he has pioneered called parahawking, wherein a trained bird of prey guides him on flights to thermal columns that make his aerial trips longer and more birdlike."
@@productrecall5183 wow that's so cool
Hello mate , Just want to see what this thing Is , so how's the wife? The Kids?
Well time to go , goodbye
I like how those guys have no reaction at all
They actually sometimes place strips of meat on the rods to encourage the animals to come close.
@@emilioedeza3475 cool! Didn’t know that
They have no reaction because it's not a wild bird. It's a trained vulture. Read the description of the video. It says
"Paragliding instructor Scott Mason recently demonstrated the astonishing activity he has pioneered called parahawking, wherein a trained bird of prey guides him on flights to thermal columns that make his aerial trips longer and more birdlike."
@@productrecall5183 wild or not - I’d be freaking out. But thanks for pointing that out, I had not read that.
th-cam.com/users/scottmason2312
The moment the vulyure looked at them like wtf are you two idiots doing up here after landing on the selfie stick was 👌
Spanish? This is not old world griffon vulture. This here is north american turkey vulture.