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.
Wow, that is an adult Cooper's Hawk there, always feel sorry for the loser but its Nature in action!
nathhowe 2 years ago
@nathhowe Thanks!
Arvenohx 2 years ago
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.
chieftx 2 years ago
Yeah I almost get the sense this hawk was a young bird. He didn't make a very "clean" kill.
Arvenohx 2 years ago