red tail hawk downs a seagull

[princeofroyalty2]

boring

[Escorpio123SS]

You should have taken that seagull to help him, he could not fly right there, that means cannot defend itself.

[TheFalconryFan]

@Escorpio123SS, the Seagull could not fly because it's dead. Hawks need to eat too.

[fresno93703]

that hawk looks sexy jacking off

[binho1020]

lol sometimes i see the oposite. i see seagulls attacking the hawks. i saw one day a hawk trying to eat a seagull the seagull was fighting back at the end the hawk gave up and the seagull flew away with some feathers missing lol..

[Dracorex13]

It's very rare to see a red tailed hawk attack other birds. They usually eat mammals.

[bonehead1603]

@Dracorex13 I GUESS YOU JUST TURN 13 THATS THE ONLY WAY I WOULD FORGIVE YOU FOR SAYING STUPID THING LIKE THAT I WOULD TAKE YOU OUT FROM SCHOOL AND MAKE YOU WASH DISHESE THE REST OF YOUR STUPID LIFE FOR SAYING ITS VERY RARE TO SEE RED TAIL HAWK ATTACKING BIRDS WHY GO TO SCHOOL DA

[Dracorex13]

@bonehead1603 I have no idea who you are, but you really need to calm down.

[stopcrohnsdisease]

bravo

[kokumaru]

every time I see red tailed hawks amoung gulls-the gulls flee

I have seen rth around gulls many times, and nver once have seen thm get mobbed by them.

I live in L.A calif-plenty of RTH & sea gulls...

[kokumaru]

I saw a seagull mobbing a rth finally-lol

[Soulvex]

+4 great

[tomtalker2000]

This clearly, was a juvenile Red-Tailed. As adults would know better, than to pick a fight with a bird there same size. Not to mention, that Gulls dispise Hawks, and will ban together to mob the hell out of it. If this video was shot in California, i'm going to assume this Gull was either a Herring or a Western Gull. I'm thinking more the latter, since its coloration was darker, than a Herring Gulls. Regardless, both are VERY large birds, so this was one hungary hawk to say the least....

[auweia1]

yep, this is in downtown San Francisco, and I do think it was a juvenile, and you're right, every time they pass by here they are chased by a mob of seagulls. The juvenile is a little bigger now and still passes by on occasion...We have a peregrine falcon now too around here

[kokumaru]

Red tailed hawks can kill 8lbs jack rabbits-the sea gll is not common prey, but its not a dangerous item either...

[mariojragucci2]

Perhaps the urban environment has advantage to the hawk, since I think strictly urban gulls may not be as fit as more experienced, ocean-going gulls. Our cities provide a bounty of food of the gulls, who would other wise have to more skillfully seek food, instead of waiting on rooftops and fall prey to alert hawks from above.

The falcon may have attempted this kill out of frustration with the gulls whose numbers boom and stay fed on refuse. Thank you for posting.

[150booyadragon]

@tomtalker2000 yes. but they can take down a seagull as easy as catching a pigeon.

[macismnwsk]

Thats a red tailed hawk not a peregrine falcon. but nice shots anyway! :)

[auweia1]

you're right, that is a hawk..I'll change the name thanks