Eastern Screech Owl Kills Hawk

Finally fuckin hawk got his ass beaten

ITS AN OWL!!! GET IN THE CAR!

Canines are my field, but Birds are so interesting.
Can someone out there answer..., Was this territorial or do they regularly feed on Hawks?
Thanks

While birds of prey might occasionally eat other birds of prey (great horned owls killing and eating kestrels come to mind), it's not totally common, especially with the size difference here. This vid threw me for a sec, because screech owls generally are pretty small and sharpshinned hawks tend to be bigger. This might be more normal if a much larger owl took down a sharpshinned hawk (like a great horned), but this is not normal. It's probably a territory thing or the hawk attacked first.

yeah, but most raptors (including owls) hunt bigger prey in winter, due to lack of variety and scarcety of prey in general.

I didn't think an owl would do this. We have hawks around here and they are big. The hawks snack on seagulls.

i never thought i would see racism in penguins. One of them HAS to be an alien, so penguins fought
its nature it happens every 13 seconds

no, raptor means "thief", not grabbing with feet.

@afffred While raptor does mean thief in Latin this is not the word from which the modern definition of raptor is derived. Raptor comes from rapere meaning "to seize"

It's a sharp-shinned hawk. The tail feathers show that very clearly. Anyone that knows small accipiters will recognize the shape and pattern. That said, the males are quite small, no bigger than a kestrel....a female might have turned the tables.