Hawk catches Snake

This is in the middle of the metropolis of Los Angeles, filmed right off my balcony. The young hawk is sitting kind of helpless on a telephone pole while his mother discoveres a snake in a recenly plowed field. This is nature's adoption of an urban lifestyle.

Category:

Pets & Animals

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• hawk
• bird
• young
• catching
• feeding
• snake
• urban
• Los
• Angeles
• field
• lifestyle
• metropolis

[Superelve]

HAWK VS SNAKE

it's rather

pigeon vs worm...

[selproductionssel]

no dummies its an aplamado falcon duhh!

[LaurenMinutes]

No, there was both a kestrel at beginning and end, and hawk the rest of vid catching snake...which was kinda weird

[jsfalconero]

you are correct, the bird on the pole and the bird vocalizing are American Kestrels, the bird with the snake is a Red Tailed Hawk.

It's a very good video, few people are able to capture such high quality video of animals without disturbing them.

[Little11man]

that isent a hawk its a faclon a American Kestrel

[Sparrowhart]

I agree, the falcon on the pole is an American Kestrel, the second is a red-tailed hawk, you kind of get a glimpse of its tail before it flies off.

[samsoninthepit]

good call. Definetly red tail on the ground.

I almost thought coopers hawk for the one on the pole, but it is too small, so has to be a kestrel. We have many of all 3 species in so california

[coyboy10000]

that is a tiny snake i agree

[91Allan91]

lol funny the "snake" is so small

[showbrd]

the bird on the pole is not related. Not even the same species. the bird on the pole is a kestrel, while the bird with the snake is a red tailed hawk. A kestrel is a type of FALCON not a hawk.