Cooper's Hawk kills a bird in our backyard

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Uploaded by on Nov 12, 2009

Warning: Slightly graphic

This was a complete surprise: We were eating lunch and all of a sudden a hawk flies to the ground with a bird. I managed to capture some video, but the whole thing lasted around 5-7 minutes. I've edited it down because honestly its painful to sit through 3 minutes of this.

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  • Wow, that is an adult Cooper's Hawk there, always feel sorry for the loser but its Nature in action!

  • @nathhowe Thanks!

  • interesting video.

    Looks like he didn't want to be watched while he was finishing off the bird. I thought hawks relied on one lethal impact to kill the bird instead of slowly impaling them with their talons.

  • Yeah I almost get the sense this hawk was a young bird. He didn't make a very "clean" kill.

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  • Incredible video ....thanks for posting!

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