London, Jun 20 : A three-year-old falcon has showed off his talents on the tennis court by picking up stray tennis balls and returning them to its owner.

Stanley, a Striated Caracara falcon, first displayed his ballboy skills when his owner Trevor Hill, 43 was playing tennis with a pal a few weeks ago.

"Stanley was flying at my place near the court and managed to get over the wire fence," the Sun quoted Hill as saying.

"I was about to fetch him when he scurried over with a ball in his mouth. Stanley brought it over obediently, just like the ballboys and girls at Wimbledon," he added. (ANI)