View Full Version : Coopers Hawk Getting it Done
Chicken Dinner
01-08-2016, 10:28 AM
Never mind as I wasn't able to imbed a video from my phone.
Buckrub
01-08-2016, 12:29 PM
Is that your view?
HideHunter
01-08-2016, 12:59 PM
Cedar Rapids, IA had one of the pilot programs for introducing peregrine falcons into cities. I watched one hit a pigeon from the window of the CR hospital. Ker- Whack. ;)
Chicken Dinner
01-08-2016, 01:16 PM
Yep. Its actually not as citified as it looks. It's pretty much suburbia two blocks away. You can't really tell from the picture, but the video shows a coopers hawk on that lamp post eating his breakfast.
Is that your view?
Buckrub
01-08-2016, 02:02 PM
I'd quit.
Chicken Dinner
01-08-2016, 03:03 PM
I'd quit. Don't be ignorant.
There's Pergrines in DC. I've seen them lay waste to a pigeon or two. That's a brutal way to die!
BarryBobPosthole
01-08-2016, 03:27 PM
I watched a cooper hit a few squirrels and they are drt in about a second. Not sure how they do it but they flat can put the hurt on a songbird or squirrel.
I've watched eagles dive on sitting ducks but they aren't near as effective. Never witnessed any of them getting close to a kill.
Raptors are cool birds.
Chicken Dinner
01-08-2016, 03:37 PM
I posted the actual video on FB. It was either a very large mouse or a very small rat. I had a big red tail nail a squirrel about 20' feet away when hunting once. I also had an osprey snatch a hickory shad I was fighting out of the river. We played tug of war for a bit until he gave up. I also had a huge freakin' owl swoop down on a buzz bait I was fishing one morning and flare off at the last minute. Very cool birds.
BarryBobPosthole
01-08-2016, 04:15 PM
I keep hearing of hawks and eagles hitting duck hunters when they're humped over working a call but never seen it happen.
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