Cooper's Hawk chases & catches birds in Slow Motion

Hard to watch the hawk take a siskin but that is just how nature works. Outstanding footage. Well done.

My heart bleed out to see this but moments like these actually make us feel how raw and real natural world is 😳😳
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To people who say this is hard to watch, would you rather watch the hawk starve? I think not.

dang

Amazing footage

More truthful: "Feeding a COHA dead and propped birds on my feeders." The upside-down-bait hanging on the tube feeder is the dead give away!

Y’all created him a buffet😳😁

Great material. They move so fast sometimes it's hard to tell what happens. Thanks for preparing and posting.

Smart Raptor, stays close to where its prey feeds

A juvenile coopers hawk

I just had a male drill a mourning dove off my feeding station this afternoon here in Upper Michigan. Had to check the net to ID - usually I have merlins or goshawks doing the deed - the red eyes are a striking ID characteristic. The Cooper's pinned the prey on the ground by the feeders and enjoyed a gourmet feast right in front of my bay window. My bird feeding station is . . . versatile. Happy birding all - Thanks for the video!

Wow great footage, Well this video conveniently confirms everything I was searching for, type of hawk and method of attack. I too live in the Bay Area, and this afternoon saw a hawk standing on a morning dove after an attack. I had seen the hawk roosting before and wasn’t sure how he made the kill; I always assumed it was from a high altitude soaring, but I guess they can hunt while perched too. Although, I wish it got the squirrel that keeps digging my plants. Thanks for sharing, Sub’d from Bezerkeley.

i hate hawks.... anytime im near n see hawks attackin birds i chase them away.....they can chase n catch lizards n snakes or coachroaches not chickens chicks, doves, finches

I just learned of these birds last year when one dive bombed our bird feeder. It pretended like it would land on the ground but then went strait up past the bird feeder 10 feet off the ground but came up empty handed. It landed in a near by tree where I could get a good look at it. After that I searched and searched pics on the web to find out what kind of bird it was. I may have seen one unknowingly in my lifetime but red tailed hawks are more common here. Once you start looking for them though I've seen more especially driving a truck for a living.
On the road all day you see a lot of birds. I've also noticed more Sparrow Hawks since I'm on the lookout for them now.

Gosh he didn't see him at all...

This is amazing footage and to see how hawk gets the little birds. Hope they don’t prey on your backyard birds on regular basis. I like the various bird feeder setup. Do the squirrels get to the bird feeder too? I have a pergola in my backyard. So this looks like a very nice idea to set up some bird feeders. 😊

Dead bird set up

huh at least ur feeding all the birds

Fantastic. Thanks for posting. Too bad they can't be programmed to only take out starlings and house sparrows.

This is what happens when you set up an unnatural bird feeding operation.

Great footage. But you need more feeders.

Brilliant setup!

Feeder stations like this one can help hawks, especially immature birds like this young Cooper's hawk, get through the winter when more than half of them starve to death. They take proportionately few feeder birds overall, and are a fantastically beautiful bird to observe. I do love the doves, cardinals, jays, juncos, and song sparrows that come to my feeders during the winter. But I am also happy to provide a first-year Cooper's hawk to survive the harsh northern winter. Unlike feral cats, they are a native species and they can always use a hand. There are far fewer Cooper's hawks than there are mourning doves.

Had a bird feeder for over a year and just saw a short tailed hawk catch a mourning doves. Felt bad for them since they always visit (like 14 on average). But also felt glad that I saw the hawk get some food too. It happened so fast and I thought all the doves flew away (I sometimes see one left after a bunch scatter at the same time). It happened so fast I couldn't see what happened. It's sad but also remind myself it's the circle of life since I also eat meat too.

Also love your bird setup btw. Been thinking about putting umbrellas by my feeders for shade and the bird bath (but then the solar bird bath won't work) and it'd be a pain to put away for hurricanes

This is some of the most spectacular footage I have ever seen, the slow motion really captures the agility of a Cooper's hawk, it's an accipiter or true hawk, they primarily hunt other birds. You can really see the strength of the hawk's wings, as it flaps to use as much air as possible to stay airborne, then using its long tail feathers to steer, what's more amazing to me was to see the hawk manoeuvre in such a small and narrow space, this bird is quite the hunter and flyer.

stealthy

Staged attacks using dead birds. Can you be any more dishonest?

No music or sound effects needed.

Awesome creature, i love to see them catching bluejays, because they are bullies of my feeders, and chase off all my little songbirds. So when bullies get bullied, my heart sings vengeance and karma by nature

How did you kill the birds and left those poor birds there for Hawks ?
Just to have some views ?

folks, besides my already high love of all birds, I have a new reason to get feeders

This is one of the repercussions of having a bird buffet laid out like this. It becomes a buffet for killer birbs as well. I've come to accept what is ultimately nature at work unless its a house cat.

Why were the two she caught dead already?

Are you sure it's not a sharp shinned hawk . ? . Nice video buddy😊

I had a Cooper's hawk fly in, twirling through the air to grab a bird I was feeding just a few inches away from my face. It was like watching an F-16 fly by. Then it landed on a tree stump thirty feet away and opened it up like a pomegranate. Unbelievable speed and coordination.

Sharp shinned hawk

Feeding him with dead birds..

Awesome video

Great video. Thanks.

Seen this happen a couple streets over from me and nothing I could do to save the little birdie. Luckily, I have tons of bluejays that nest around my yard and get along with most of my other backyard birds that come to my feeders and the jays do a pretty awesome job protecting the area!

Awesome!!!

And a Juvenile to boot. Already a good hunter.

Thank you for sharing this amazing footage. The music is perfect. I adore birds of prey and, frankly, that’s why I feed the rest of the birds. Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy all of the birds that visit us but in my home, a house sparrow is “hawk food.” Again, thank you for this brilliant footage. Also gave me some nice patio shade ideas.

You've set up a nice fully stocked grocery store for that hawk. He is not going anywhere!

This is setup - those are dead birds that have been parked there.

Looks like a Cooper’s hawk hunting pine Siskins