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[HKPhooey]

Kestrels and other birds of prey should have the [DIVE_HUNTS_VERMIN] tag that peregrine falcons have. I'm kinda surprised they didn't already. I added it to kestrels after I bought one from an Elven caravan and now, instead of just sitting in a dining hall all the time, he flies around my fortress and the grounds of the map, presumably hunting vermin. Perhaps allow certain larger birds of prey to be trained as hunting animals so dwarves can partake in falconry.

The idea of carrier pigeons and communicating with other sites via carrier pigeon networks intrigues me, but I'm not quite sure how it could be implemented game play wise.

[NW_Kohaku]

I would suggest you rename your thread title to actually reflect its contents.  (I.E. "Diving Vermin Hunter Birds" or "Bird Tokens") Names like these that are generic are unhelpful to people looking at the forum, especially if a topic keeps coming up, and they have to remember if they've read "a minor suggestion" or if it was "another minor suggestion" they already read. 

(You can modify the title of the thread by hitting the modify button on the top right of your first post.)

As for carrier pigeons, you might want to search about the information diffusion threads that have taken place, and what Toady has said about such things.  (I.E. adventurers reporting that they killed something to any random peasant being instantly known by everyone in the whole kingdom.) Those are things that will be worked on, eventually, but I don't think carrier pigeon networks are necessarily how it will be done.  Inserting talk of how it could be done into such a suggestion on that topic would be a good idea.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I would suggest you rename your thread title to actually reflect its contents.  (I.E. "Diving Vermin Hunter Birds" or "Bird Tokens") Names like these that are generic are unhelpful to people looking at the forum, especially if a topic keeps coming up, and they have to remember if they've read "a minor suggestion" or if it was "another minor suggestion" they already read. 

Agreed. This really bugs me.

As for carrier pigeons, you might want to search about the information diffusion threads that have taken place, and what Toady has said about such things.  (I.E. adventurers reporting that they killed something to any random peasant being instantly known by everyone in the whole kingdom.) Those are things that will be worked on, eventually, but I don't think carrier pigeon networks are necessarily how it will be done.  Inserting talk of how it could be done into such a suggestion on that topic would be a good idea.

Which isn't to say that networks of carrier pigeons or cave swallows or something won't be possible, of course. They might not be standard, but probably will be possible.

[Naryar]

On a similar point, the giant version of carnivores introduced in DF2012 should have the large predator token. I mean, how do giant brown recluses feed ?

also giant eagles have been nerfed by the loss of large_predator as well.