Mechanical/Electronic Falcons/Hawks

[Hunter45]

Well, check out his link

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/special-operations-conference-unveils-small-bird-like-drones/19522225

to see what some day may pass for falconry (I hope not!) Still, it is interesting and may bear fruit for bird borne camera gear we might enjoy using.

[Saluqi]

Have at look at this video, amazing stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvRTALJp8DM

[Zarafia]

Very cool technology, amazing really.
But am I paranoid to wonder if making military spy things look like BOPs might not end up being a really great thing for living BOPs and falconers?
Imagine having homeland security take an interest in you because your bird flew a little too close to something and even worse, was sending out a signal (telem). I'm sure you would get a standard letter of apology from them for the cavity search you received after they blew your bird into a million pieces.
But maybe boredom is letting my imagination get away from me LOL.