kudos to non intervention, i luv squirrels, but i luv hawks too, hawks eat squirrels & many other variety of species of "cute" critters include cute rabbits & small partridge, they are cute too, , but tasty as well, yummy, ooo now i be getting hungry.
i am grateful the feed species are also the heavy breeder species, kinda works out nice(sans human greed & excess)
This is nature. This is no different then the various documentaries that record wildlife and do not intervene like mutual of omaha, national geographic, etc.. (why would they intervene, the animal should be permitted to hunt or evade being hunted) as their wits, abilities, designs have intended. Nice job on documenting this by the way.
Great video, but you made the mistake by having not intervened to scare away the hawk-bandit. Nature is not perfect.
Did the hawk finally make a move onto the squirrel?
My greatest hope is that the bandit did not kill that adorable squirrel.
Keep in mind that humans are part of the nature too. We have the obligation to intervene to protect the more valuable animals from such worthless predators as raptors.
Raptors are supposed to feed on such lower animals as rats and pigeons.
Rubbish- Hawk's have to eat too even if you are one of the sick stomached people who cant bear to see something eat a fuzzy squirrel- something has to keep there populations in check- at least its natural and as for lower animals..Wow.. Hawks arn't pets you feed rats from pet co and pigeons carry diseases
Most of the hunts I've witnessed ended up in failure, but I did catch one successful one in which an adult male knocked the squirrel out of the upper branches of a tree, killing it an eating it on the ground.
I've seen two failures, the squirrel that ran away too fast for this bigger & slower female to keep up
And the same female red tail trying to pick off a female mallard that was pregnant & couldn't fly, but te duck was able to dive underwater both times the hawk went for it.
Now the video I recently uploaded. That was a beaver that was just released into the wild.
It ran away from a stream, and a drainage pipe & bridge it could of hid inside. Instead this dead beaver running cut across a lawn & ran into the street..with, not aganst thirty mile an hour gusts of wind.
I took a series of photographs along with the video. One of them was a blood stain in the middle of the road where the hawk caught that beaver, before eating it on someone's lawn
I shot my hunt in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. We have plenty of mallards around but I've never seen a hawk attack one, which has surprised me since I spend so much time there. They seem to hunt mostly squirrels and pigeons.
The males ae smaller & faster than females, and go after smaller prey. The females wll hunt ducks, rabbits, pheasants, and beavers.
One other incident I didn't film, and couldn't even see but only hear..was the female sitting in a pine tree and a blue jay landed near it and started chirping at it. The hawk let ut a really loud scream, the blue jay shutup.
Jays sometimes imitate hawks to scare away other birds. In your case, it didn't work!
Yes, I know that the females are quite a bit larger, that's how I can tell the sexes of the adults. Still, I'm surprised I have not witnesses a duck hunt given the frequency at which I go to the park.
I suspect they the local hawks have plenty of squirrels and pigeons to hunt, and that ducks may prove a bit harder to hunt so they are passed over. I have witnessed hawks flying quite close to the lake when ducks were around, but they made no attempt to attack.
That would have been a great video! Too bad you only had the still camera. Great shots of the pair tho...and yes, I'm happy for the squirrel as well, even tho it will probably be it's fate later in life.
Yes they gave up. There were two large females involved, although only one did any chasing. The passive one is seen near the beginning in two facial closeups.
Okay i got kinda bored, but I loved the pictures, and (Unlike mine) they were not pixelated
FireFuryFlash 11 months ago
At what point do the hookers arrive?
C0CK00 1 year ago
yeah, you gotta let nature do it's thing. the squirrel got lucky if the hawk got that close.
tomitstube 1 year ago
interesting story but you should have used a video camera. :)
somprsn2525 1 year ago
kudos to non intervention, i luv squirrels, but i luv hawks too, hawks eat squirrels & many other variety of species of "cute" critters include cute rabbits & small partridge, they are cute too, , but tasty as well, yummy, ooo now i be getting hungry.
i am grateful the feed species are also the heavy breeder species, kinda works out nice(sans human greed & excess)
rippedofftails 1 year ago
This is nature. This is no different then the various documentaries that record wildlife and do not intervene like mutual of omaha, national geographic, etc.. (why would they intervene, the animal should be permitted to hunt or evade being hunted) as their wits, abilities, designs have intended. Nice job on documenting this by the way.
horseisbeauty 1 year ago
Great video, but you made the mistake by having not intervened to scare away the hawk-bandit. Nature is not perfect.
Did the hawk finally make a move onto the squirrel?
My greatest hope is that the bandit did not kill that adorable squirrel.
Keep in mind that humans are part of the nature too. We have the obligation to intervene to protect the more valuable animals from such worthless predators as raptors.
Raptors are supposed to feed on such lower animals as rats and pigeons.
Flankersquirrels 2 years ago
@Flankersquirrels
Rubbish- Hawk's have to eat too even if you are one of the sick stomached people who cant bear to see something eat a fuzzy squirrel- something has to keep there populations in check- at least its natural and as for lower animals..Wow.. Hawks arn't pets you feed rats from pet co and pigeons carry diseases
"Lower animals" hahaha "Bandit" "Adorable squirrel"
Oh please.
goatboatfloat 1 year ago
@Flankersquirrels
And screw you- worthless predators my ass
I am an apprentice falconer and there are many who would give you a nice bruise across the face.
goatboatfloat 1 year ago
@Flankersquirrels I hope you're a 7-year-old girl...because if not, your ignorance scares me.
420Kasper420 1 year ago
dumbest video ever.....not even a video. I want my 3 minutes back.
burkejon 3 years ago
Congratulations, you've just made the dumbest comment I've ever received here at Youtube.
psychusa 3 years ago
wat song is the 1 one?
luvmonkey666 3 years ago
Gimme Shelter by the Rolling Stones followed by the theme from Rocky.
psychusa 3 years ago
Good camera you have.
cucumb 3 years ago
That's similiar to a missed kill by an inexperienced red tail back in the early nineties.
The same hawk I have in my most recent video tried to dive towards a squirrel, and ate the squirrels dust.
TomLinkens 4 years ago
Most of the hunts I've witnessed ended up in failure, but I did catch one successful one in which an adult male knocked the squirrel out of the upper branches of a tree, killing it an eating it on the ground.
psychusa 4 years ago
I've seen two failures, the squirrel that ran away too fast for this bigger & slower female to keep up
And the same female red tail trying to pick off a female mallard that was pregnant & couldn't fly, but te duck was able to dive underwater both times the hawk went for it.
TomLinkens 4 years ago
Now the video I recently uploaded. That was a beaver that was just released into the wild.
It ran away from a stream, and a drainage pipe & bridge it could of hid inside. Instead this dead beaver running cut across a lawn & ran into the street..with, not aganst thirty mile an hour gusts of wind.
I took a series of photographs along with the video. One of them was a blood stain in the middle of the road where the hawk caught that beaver, before eating it on someone's lawn
TomLinkens 4 years ago
I shot my hunt in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. We have plenty of mallards around but I've never seen a hawk attack one, which has surprised me since I spend so much time there. They seem to hunt mostly squirrels and pigeons.
psychusa 4 years ago
The males ae smaller & faster than females, and go after smaller prey. The females wll hunt ducks, rabbits, pheasants, and beavers.
One other incident I didn't film, and couldn't even see but only hear..was the female sitting in a pine tree and a blue jay landed near it and started chirping at it. The hawk let ut a really loud scream, the blue jay shutup.
TomLinkens 4 years ago
Jays sometimes imitate hawks to scare away other birds. In your case, it didn't work!
Yes, I know that the females are quite a bit larger, that's how I can tell the sexes of the adults. Still, I'm surprised I have not witnesses a duck hunt given the frequency at which I go to the park.
psychusa 4 years ago
continued . . .
I suspect they the local hawks have plenty of squirrels and pigeons to hunt, and that ducks may prove a bit harder to hunt so they are passed over. I have witnessed hawks flying quite close to the lake when ducks were around, but they made no attempt to attack.
psychusa 4 years ago
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tvbracken 4 years ago
Interesting vid
cucumb 4 years ago
rolling stones!
andreafloyd88 4 years ago
Id rather see the eagle get killed than the squirrel.I fucking hate birds.
ancientsoul87 4 years ago
First off, it's a red-tailed hawk, and you're a moron ;>
sevristh69 4 years ago
That would have been a great video! Too bad you only had the still camera. Great shots of the pair tho...and yes, I'm happy for the squirrel as well, even tho it will probably be it's fate later in life.
picassolama 4 years ago
Thanks for the feedback.
psychusa 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
the video sucked bitch
DaveN01 4 years ago
I'm glad the little guy survived =].
XceptingDeniall 4 years ago
Me too!
psychusa 4 years ago
So the hawk gave up and left?
wogsland 4 years ago
Yes they gave up. There were two large females involved, although only one did any chasing. The passive one is seen near the beginning in two facial closeups.
psychusa 4 years ago