A hawk attacked a squirrel, and then this happened... 

Thank you for sharing that, I always love the idea of never give up, because someone you don't expect could be right around the corner ready to help.

Animals help one another regardless of them being of different species. They help even their enemies when a bigger enemy attacks.

Awesome story. Thank you for sharing.

❤️🐿🙏

@@Liger._King That Starling is probably one of the birds that alerts the rest of the other animals in the area to danger.

The squirrel just yelled, "Squirrel!" and the hawk got distracted.

Interesting

you'd think it would use it's head to protect the softer parts.

@@johnjeffreys6440 evidently you missed the part whereI said the hawk's strategy is to pin it and peck its skull! The skull is the most important part of the squirrel! If your brain don't work you wont need the softer bits!

@@ronaldmorgan7632 hahaha 🤣😂

They are the protector of birds. I always know when a hawk is hunting

At our old house, scrubjays ruled the property. You would know if there was a stranger (animal or human) because they let out a scream that sounds like a child and then they'll attack. Love those birds. Took them a little while to get used to the dog we adopted. I guess they associated our dog with me and I would go out and feed them and talk to them. Got to watch them bring their families back every year, to same spot in the arborvitae wall. I'm still not sure if they liked the acorns as they would bury them and trees would grow. I fed them other things but, those acorns were something they'd bury.

Yes he is

😂😂😂 he'll yea is the neighborhood nark😂

@@TheRosieBoy Jays forget where they hide a decent number of acorns every year...thats how the oak trees got so far north, so quickly, after the last ice age. I think it was the University of Wisconsin, who did a study, finding that 50 blue jays moved 150,000 acorns in a month, so if they forgot where they buried 2% (I thinks its more like 20%) that would be 3000 oak trees. They will travel around 5 miles, and as their numbers grow, so does their range...

I am impressed to see a detailed comment by a falconer, the level of knowledge you have is impressive. In my country New Zealand, falconry is illegal.

So was this more like practice?

@@Jorg05111980 He's honing his hunting skills, yes. I've seen plenty of young Cooper's hawks do the same thing. Even saw a juvenile one attacking a pine cone that he constantly threw up in the air.

Do you mean 1/3 smaller not 1/3 of the size?

@@juffurey He means 1/3 larger. So 133% the size of a male.

Sure wish the raptors would come get the tree rats around my bird feeders.

If birds were just a bit bigger, we would know the feeling.

Squirrels are one of the most agile creatures out there. They like their chances.

@@SomeoneElsesStory Nay, we have guns.

jerk hawk, should be in jail.

lol! most humans are not as grateful and reflective..

And you get a high 👋 for May's best comment (4 months late)

1000 yard peanut stare

Henrik your wisdom sounds as if you are speaking from personal experience. It's very enlightening. I can only assume that you were attacked by a hawk and survived to tell about it.🤔

. Think he’s more interested in getting his fill so stays strong enough to evade predators via instinct… .

What a cool hobby! The growl coming from it is what got me. I’ve never heard a squirrel do that before.

I used to hunt squirrels and I have scars on my left hand from grabbing one I thought I had shot in the head.

@@bon7029 Make sure it’s dead before picking it up! 😃

Squirrels can also defeat Dr. Doom, MODOK and Thanos.

@@bon7029 Yeah! Point to Squirrel!

Suger addiction to the corn

Nah, it's not the same squirrel. If you screenshot both photos of the squirrel in the beginning of the video and at the end of the video when the head is facing towards the left of your computer screen, and then merge the two photos together horizontally, you can see the squirrel at the end of the video has black hair lines under the eyes and on the cheek where the first squirrel does not.

hungry

He's hungry

@@dahoss5405 Agree, it's not the same squirrel. The one was caught had a black eyebrow, while the on at the end of the video had none. These animals get hurt all the time.

I don’t know if you’ve ever held a squirrel, but it is just a solid ball of muscle. You have to hold it like it’s a grenade!

​@@Glum1964 And squeeze REALLY hard!!!

That hawk learned it's lesson. Squirrels may look cute, but are tough as nails 😀

Well it looks like he has a hole in his side !

Squirrels are not tough ... I've seen a little Marten kill and destroy a squirrel.. Although the squirrel put up a good fight.. It was no match at all.. squirrels are pretty docile ,not practiced or prone to fighting.. except maybe other squirrels... They are pretty low on the food chain..

They are very greedy, though. When I would put out nuts, ONE squirrel wanted ALL of them and would chase another squirrel really far --- while a squirrel that watched would calmly come out and eat what he wanted until the other squirrel came back and then they were feuding about whose nuts those were.

@@Dan5819 U r right but sounds like ppl too Guess either u find another spot for the other squirrels to get what they need

Squirrels are rather the opposite to human in general. People often stay late, mess with other animals, are often horrible parents and don't mind their own business

squirrels sometimes tangle with other animals after their food source: other squirrels, chipmunks, birds. As for parenting, it is just the females that parent. Males' responsibilities end with pregnancy.

But squirrel are good to eat…

Have you not seen the views on this video? This set up is done on purpose so he can get views on purpose. Hell that’s like me setting up something out in the middle of the desert and letting coyotes get it.

It’s definitely set up like a trap. Squirrel feeders are usually up on a pole

Agreed. Don’t feed wildlife. Especially for RU-vid clicks. Bad humans.

There are too many squirrels they have killed off all the song birds

Cats are killing song birds in huge numbers.

Badass little rats

you know they destroy the fruit that people try to grow.

@@tohopes They dont destroy mine cause I feed them peanuts. They wont even look at vegetables.

My squirrels wont even look at the peanuts but instead eat my rows of corn and sunflowers lol.​@AlphaQHard

​@@AlphaQHard7ûhhh just you

Lol

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Yeah,like storing up ten years worth of food and never seeing the light of day again

Like joining up with a spy agency and becoming Secret Squirrel!

Thanks...same wave length!

The Hawk will think twice about attacking a squirrel...for an easy meal.

Yup!... I thought the same. 😉 (You can see some baby down feathers sticking out from it's tail🪶). = Lucky squirrel!

One squirrel bite to its talons and it could be deadly for the hawk. The bird is on the ground a long time. I agree. Young bird.

@@SofDiane An adult hawk would have 'gotten down to business' and plunged its talons in the poor critter's vitals and killed him almost instantly and then hauled him off. A bird of prey is not designed for a prolonged battle on the ground.

Hi alpha java....I love most birds, (including parrots)...I was so horrified at witnessing that lightening fast attack, & then the repeated kicking & pecking of the innocent little squirrel, that I had to momentarily look away...I believe it is the same little squirrel back at the feeder(with what looks like a good sized wound on his side) & I think those beautiful little birds must have been thinking...."Thankfully, we could NEVER do that to another little animal," & then cheered the little guy on while he made his way back home...My hands are still trembling... : )

Maybe the hawk took one bite and went “hell no!!” 🤣🤣🤣

Was wondering what you meant, but noticed the lack of panic and waste of energy from the squirrel. It Seems he knows to conserve its energy and only stuggle when he holds an advantage in leverage and grip strength.

When the hawk lands on the squirrel its intent is to break its spine... I think this Hawk failed in that regards, probably because it is still and young hawk..

As they say in court, "Stating facts not in evidence."! Against an experienced hawk, there isn't much the squirrel COULD do! Squirrels are fast, and hyper vigilant for a reason. Once they're caught, they're usually dead!

I thought so too. He seems to keep his haunches over his head as to protect himself...

I saw a squirrel push another one off a roof, and it just walked away like nothing happened.

Not all squirrels can fly,

@@georgeholt8929 No squirrels can fly

@@georgeholt8929 he doesn't mean fly literally. he is comparing the fast and agile movements of the squirrels jumping through trees to flight.

interesting note, never imagined they're dense.

Nah, it's not the same squirrel. If you screenshot both photos of the squirrel in the beginning of the video and at the end of the video when the head is facing towards the left of your computer screen, and then merge the two photos together horizontally, you can see the squirrel at the end of the video has black hair lines under the eyes and on the cheek where the first squirrel does not.

you have to face your fears lol

Excuse the pun...

It's corn

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Aren`t you going to the same shopping center.........again....again....and again? 😎

Except that, as several Falconers in these comments have noted, this is an inexperienced juvenile hawk that missed the target, which is the neck of the squirrel. That's the main reason the squirrel was able to fight back and get away.

We are raising one right now

I had a harness arrive for our little fella today... I can't wait to see how cute he is in it...

If you find a baby squirrel out of it’s nest, leave it alone and the mother squirrel will come and rescue it later. This is what a hired tree trimmer told me and he was right because I witnessed this happen.

Despite what conspiracy theorists say animals do not abandon their babies because humans touched them it is usually because they sense some illness or something and abandon it for other reasons. I have personally given wild animal babies back to their mothers and they take them back as soon as it is safe.

They actually make nice pets, when you raise them...we had one!

He bit the hawk that's why he dropped him, squirrels have nasty teeth that can chew through wire mesh.

Firelord * would’ve, not should’ve

@@travelinman482 You're right.

@@sabersworn Thanks for seeing the error…w/o any attitude. 👍

@@readynow12345 I'm hoping this is what happened. Hopefully, if the squirrel did bite the hawk, it would've hurt the hawk enough to never touch another squirrel again. Sorry hawk! Go after trout or mice or something else. Leave our little buddies alone.

A few days later.

Still gotta eat.

Squirrels are dumb

Gangsta 😎

I think the lesson to be learned here is not to place your feeders out in the open. The bird will remember and be back, if not for this little chap, then for others feeding here.

thanks. very interesting info :) 🐿🪵🌱

Kept hoping for a bobcat to come out the woods and catch the hawk.

Being a Falconer is horrible. I hate hawks,eagles and owls.

At 0:24 you can see the squirrels face in the dirt and the falcons talons on the squirrels neck, on the back of the squirrels head. This falcon hit the target 100%. It looks like the squirrel was too strong for this falcon, and it aborted the mission.

What told you your Psy ....??? There are thérapy for your desease : to be leave in a room with a hungry hyena or lion sure you ll gonna change your sad view.

Oh those type of wounds heal quickly, from the ones I've seen they are gone in about a week or so.

Drop the playback speed to .25 at 1:34 you see he breaks free and runs off

Squirrels are like rats. Hard to kill.

SPOILERS!

@@RichO1701e I needed a spoiler! I didn't want to watch a squirrel get murdered!

@@jaykay415 I never knew that squirrels are carnivores they climb in the trees and eat the baby birds I learnt that about 10 years ago pretty sick what they do . I’m not much of a squirrel supporter anymore

@@TheChristonline one time in the park I saw 2 small birds fly down from their nest to get food for the babies. Suddenly a big bad raptor sweeps into the nest and grabs one of the babies. We could see the silhouette. It was so sad. I know this is nature and keeps populations in balance so the whole system works, but it's brutal.

@@jaykay415 Sure is brutal .

I think it's a sad day, hawks are beautiful intelligent animals and that I would love to see more of. Squirrels are also great. However, they are everywhere and in no danger of dying from hunger if they lose their grip on a nut.

So, you'd like to see the hawk go hungry, would you?

he probably saw another 3 or 4 days and then got killed by something else lmao. they don't have long lifespans.

It probably got ran over

Poor squirrel, poor hawk has to find another varmint to eat.

POOR SQUIRRELS you mean the destructive wood chewing causing me and my neighbors homes damaging have to spend money repairing property squirrels. Come hawks eagles and whatever other birds that eat squirrels and feast away to take as many squirrels that they can consume.

​@@michaelcowan6254 I cannot believe it's the same squirrel feeding at the trough, if so it's a dumb one!?🐿️

​@@estherkeeling777 I didn't realise that squirrels were so destructive! I wonder if you could use some highly offensive odour to deter them? What about some floor polish with a strong smell? Or even painting oil onto the areas they are targeting? There must be something you can use with a strong smell? Perhaps something that's not a flamable. Otherwise get some owl statues and place them strategically around your property? There's some stuff called Ropel that's had some success. Or get a cat?

@@estherkeeling777 We feed bunnies, a whole family of squirrels and many varieties of birds. Oh and an occasional gopher. I have doves with a special call that they pass down through the generations. We have a large fenced yard and I just love seeing chubby baby squirrels that aren't afraid of humans and that live in my yard and have no reason to go in the street and get run over by a car or killed by a dog or a human asshole. Maybe you should feed them and then they won't eat your house.

Am happy the bully didn't win, although am no fan of squirrels

@@verawallace9055 hawks aren’t “bullies.” They are just trying to eat. Compassion is all well and good, but have some realism, too. If people could stop all little fuzzy animals from ever being eaten, all the hawks and other predators would die and then the little fuzzy animals would take over the world and destroy things to the point of harming humans, perhaps even killing many humans through crop destruction and disease. Wake up.

@@TrackedHiker They should go fish hunting, and leave people pets alone, I use to see video of birds fish hunting, it was a spectacle to see

@@verawallace9055 “should” as in, hawks have a moral compulsion to eat fish instead of mammals? Do you divorce from reality much???? Hahahahahahahaha

@@TrackedHiker yes, owls & foxes & bobcats & vultures & snakes & should learn to eat fish too. No more squirrel eaters. Ever. They should all die -_-

I think the hawk saw something that scared it and let go at the last minute before flying.

Obviously lol

Behaviors like this come from instinct, genetic programming. It's the same reason why we humans instinctively dip our head down and forward when someone is punching us. That protects the neck and causes the attacker to possibly hurt their hand on our skull instead.

He played dead and hawk was just getting a good grip of the cutie. Smart squirrel rolled into a sushi roll position 🤣

@@JohnSmith-lf8kg The owner of this channel scared the hawk.

Hahaha very funny

Not so sure the squirrel was smart. He came right back to the same spot.

@Joe Causey After a great deal of surveillance. Have you seen the video of the squirrel carefully looking all around from the tree? To be continued…

Squirrel Tale. A sequel to shark tale set on land.

@@joecausey8508 He's gotta go where the food is. But he's more cautious now. Did you see him jump when the blue jay squawked?

In my area red squirrels are the most dangerous. They raid bird nests, chase away birds and other squirrels, and get into my house and chew on wires.

@tonyv8925 Exactly right, and I've had them in my attic, and chewing on house wiring, and under my car hood, chewing on wiring. Far as I'm concerned, let the Hawks kill them all. Just rats with tails.

@@grantp4022 yep, I had one or more squirrels in my attic and cost me $3,500.00 to get my house fixed so squirrels and other pests couldn't get in anywhere.

Blinding speed.

There were squirrels all over our yard, all over the neighborhood. Our dog would try to chase them and catch them. She was a rat terrier and could catch a bird, but the squirrels were faster and they would just get far enough up a tree trunk out of reach of our dog, turn around and start taunting the dog. Their fast smooching sounds and flipping and thumping their tail was funny. Drove our dog crazy.

He is wrong. As dangerous as squirrels are they are are favorite quarry of many birds of prey species.

@@lookmombeesbirds7444 That's usually baby squirrels. Before they leave their nest they are a prime target.

@@mapsgoonthewall5396 my Harris's Hawks have killed 18 adult squirrels this hunting season so far. I have a few videos of such hunts on my channel.

@@user-ii4zf5iq3t My Ruby Doo has caught 8 tree rats so far. Would be a lot more if our yard was just a little bit bigger. There been a few times my Ruby Doo just barely catches up to them and just pulls out fur from the tail.

Agreed! Squirrels are awesome!

Yeah, different bird species stand up for each other and also warn each other.

That’s amazing

@@angelinasouren Yeah that's true. I saw a group of different birds, sparrows and blackbirds mostly, chasing off a pair of magpies. They were chasing them from roof to roof, it was so cool. I think the sparrows and blackbirds had chicks nearby

Yes,....but whose side were you on? Are you a hawkophile or a dovophile?

Didn't learn too much, back at the "feeding" trough...

i saw him run when he was thrown away

wow so interesting..thanks for posting...I think it's the same squirrel except I would expect THAT squirrel to spend a LOT more time looking up in the air! hahaha

Yes same Squirrel. He was lucky! Might have been tearing into that Hawks foot. In a few minutes he could chew the hawks foot off if he was lucky enough to be in such a position.

I cold go for some yogurt and I don't even need to be attacked by a hawk to get there.

Hawks got to eat too 80-85% of Red Tails don’t make it though the 1st year - life is hard in the back yards

@@robertmillen2967 Never did I say the hawks shouldn’t eat. Nowhere did I say that. You know that. The feeders should be hung under a canopy of trees and not on a pole out in the wide open. Trays should be under bushes or have a roof over them. It evens out the playing field like it should be. There are other factors that come into play as to why the hawks are dwindling, but so is all the wildlife. Also, the water needs scrubbed and filled with fresh water in the morning and evening. Not just once in a blue moon. When feeders are empty they need taken down and replaced with a clean and full feeder. The empty feeders then need to be properly washed and dried. When dry they can be filled and set aside ready to be used again. This should happen morning and night. But I guess some people like to come home at night and eat on their dirty breakfast dishes for dinner, then use the same dishes for breakfast the next day to just begin the same old cycle. Eventually they get sick. It’s the same thing when feeders are not properly cleaned and are just filled over and over again. The trays need to be cleaned also when they are emptied, not just refilled. When proper steps are not followed disease spreads among the birds and animals. Loss of birds and wildlife then occur. You comment to me as if I’m ignorant and don’t know what I’m talking about, when it’s you who is clueless about the balance of nature, and how we are to be extremely careful when we meddle in it, like when putting out feeders haphazardly. I know exactly how difficult it is for hawks to survive, and I know what the causes are as well for their struggles. Hawks and owls are my favorite birds of prey, but I don’t believe in setting little animals and birds out in the open on display like sitting targets for hawks to easily attack. That’s completely morally wrong! A lot can happen during the time they flee for cover. I grew up in a very rural area, and my mother knew well the man who reintroduced the Canadian geese to the USA. They worked at the same place where they dealt with animals and marine life as well. My grandpa who lived in upper Michigan also worked closely with the fish and game wildlife services. He was in the thick of it when wildlife would come too close to homes or resorts. They worked to relocate the animals rather than kill them if at all possible. They struggled to try to keep the waters clean, but an ignorant generation lives now who thinks they are well educated on the environment, but they are clueless and things are now a complete mess. They won’t take sound advice, because they think they know it all now when it is obvious they don’t. Many of my relatives worked in the fields of ecology as well for many years. We fed birds for almost 50 years, and we did it properly. So, please, I don’t need your form of education on wildlife that is clearly lacking and full of excuses. When a situation is repetitive and nothing done to change it, then it’s just plain bad behavior. Shame on you and anyone who thinks it’s okay to set little defenseless animals out like sitting targets for larger prey animals for the excitement of watching what happens at the feeders! Then use the excuse that the larger prey animals need to eat too and how difficult it is for them to survive. My suggestion is if it can’t be done properly, and the little defenseless animals are made targets and fed from dirty containers, then mankind needs to stop interfering. The wildlife was surviving far better before man interfered with the excuse they are going to help them survive while setting them up as easy targets. Ring the bell and call in your buddies to watch the mayhem! Disgusting!

Get a roof so the squirrels and birds can eat in peace and also to protect the food from the rain/snow. Squirrels are so cute.

What makes you think it was a hawk at night? That doesn’t sound right and I doubt it would mistake the prints for an actual bird unless the thermometer is huge.

@@robertmillen2967 so youre saying the feeder is as trap, than a real feeder?

if there's food involved they will fight anything! I have been bitten by the same squirrel twice for getting between her and her lunch! I don't mind, she's lovely. She hasn't bitten me lately... though I do keep dreaming of nuts.....

Very true. One was using his legs against the fence shake the feeder so seed fell put of it. I just applauded him.

*a 30amp dedicated circuit **_definitely_** gets betwween a tree rat and (the birds') birdseed. tried tested and true*

It's true. They are incredibly vigilant.

I do the same. It was just 0 here wisconsin and the little birds survived in the bush and ate. I also pour hot water in a stone bowl several times a day in winter. It's cool to see others care about the community 👌

Are you saying it's sad that predators get to eat? This is the balanced design of nature, we don't get to say only the cute furries get to eat. That hawk is also beautiful and filling it's ecological niche, as nature intended for it. The squirrel isn't holy and the hawk isn't evil, they're both natural.

@Aquarian Dawn yes. Nature can be sad,ugly, and shocking. Beautiful, peaceful, and amazing. Nature is us.

Nope they just have these really big teeth that are shaped like a hook. The way they curve it will tear the flesh if you try to remove them good thing they're cute. They are nasty lol buggers

Then casually goes back to snacking 😄

They do have some amazing reflexes and quick calculation

True story, the squirrel makes the right turn.

I've seen them take on rattlesnakes.and win

The squirrel had it's teeth firmly sunk into the hawk's leg. Really scared that hawk until the squirrel let go and ran away.

And that noise! Got on the nerves

The hawk needs to eat.

Well spoke considering both animals

Well, they don't call Squirrels, Rats with 'attitude' for nothing. ☺️

@@terrytownsend5583 the hawk will eat once it learns to kill his prey.

À pool k

But the hawk never tasted it

But perhaps not much sense.......... to come back to the feeder where he almost bought it.

That’s a chipmunk bro

@@spikespa5208 the emoji.

He also has a lot of brass ones.

Similar experience: in my back yard, a hawk caught a sparrow at the birdbath then shot straight into the transom window over the sliding glass door. Fortunately, he hadn’t the distance to achieve full velocity so he kind of pinged off the glass, flopped into the planter in the far corner and sat blinking until he recovered.

@@stillhere1425 and the Sparrow?

Bluejay

I think the squirrel said to the hawk with a mouth full of hawk leg: herth da deal, I ret go uf la lek, an u ret go a mmeh.

Young retail male

@@franciscoosuna259 😆/ cool, funny observation!!

Agreed Bluejays can be very fiesty... they are definitely territorial and mean... rather like redwing blackbirds... they will divebomb other animals... if they perceive them to be a threat...

Not good