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How extraordinary to see a Goshawk. Thank you for showing the differences from the similar marked raptors. She liked the "Bath n Breakfast" ... she'll be back. 💖💕😊😃
Yeah never seen this bird before.. it looks like a mix between a hawk and a chicken :) What a stunning bird! By the way, the videos on the playlist on my channel might interest some people!
As a retired teacher, I knew too, EXACTLY what this youngster was doin', by golly! I've seen it a million times. Just like I experienced with EVERY one of my students, saw them puzzle and practice and master the skill at hand, alone even though others present; was overjoyed, with them, when I saw their new skills and power, first evident and revealed to us both, still awesome and new to them, over and over again. Humans and animals are SO related; much more than our egos and common knowledge allow. We are SO animals too, I think. Cheers for this heartwarmer.
@@RobertEFuller Actually, my good man, I find the distinction between man and animal a misleading mistake of great size, arbitrary, rather subjective, egotistical distinction, mistakenly made by relatively, heavily unnatural supernatural religious, the unforeseeen and unimaginably BAD consequences misleads us more than we realize, denies us due understanding and growing affinity with the ONLY OTHER lifeforms in existence, imho and insights about overall nature - all due to the WILDLY bogus UNNATURAL POV of supernaturalist-based reality. I think the ancient error produced a predilection to build entirely artificial and unnatural societies, values, morals and mores that are so devoid of reality they produced ALL the environmentally unsustainable practices that doom us now. Its a BIG mistake, the consequences of believing entirely false data to the extent we have.
Wow, what a stunning bird of prey, amazing to watch it learning. I loved the way you split the screen to show us size differences, that was brilliant…..thanks Robert xxxx
This few minutes of superb video hides the many hours spent capturing these precious events. Lovely stuff Robert, and I am grateful for you sharing it with us.
Amazing how she can just flatten it almost with her talons would love to know the power of those. She learnt a good lesson waiting above a pond for thirsty animals
Oh yes! I remember that wonderful day! You are wonderful in your story voice over! Thank you so very much! @Robert E Fuller ❤️🍊🥰🙏🏻🦅 forgot to say thank you for comparing her to a sparrowhawk as I have no idea how small a sparrowhawk really is until you did that! Thank you once again!
Beautiful majestic bird. May she live a long & happy life... well away from scummy gamekeepers & others that wish her harm. Nature at its most beautiful right there.
Thank you for posting this! This year was the first time I watched a Goshawk cam, watching the chicks hatch to fledge. I have literally just come back in after walking in on a Sparrowhawk in my garden that had just pounced on a Ferral pigeon! I am so glad you showed us the difference in the size between the two birds. Nice video 😊
They're not as rare as people think, just very secretive, I live in the Cotswolds and there's quite a few around here, when you see one and you're used to seeing regular Sparrowhawk, there is no mistaking a Goshawk, it is definitely a Wow moment. Although every time I see one it's very early in the morning. I don't think I've seen one in the daytime.
I heard a Goshawk calling from thick woodland whilst walking on Stockton Common near York a few weeks ago. I tried to find a nest or see the birds, but couldn't get into the area where the call was coming from. Given that Robert's gallery is only about 10Km from there as the crow flies and knowing how rare these birds are, I wonder if this could be a chick from a successful nest there which is looking for a new territory.
My first thought was, "stop playing with your food!" 😅 I really enjoy watching birds bathing either in water or having a dust bath. I filled a plastic bird seed tub with rocks and branches and it's used regularly by all sorts of our feathered friends. It's too far away from the house to get a good look at its visitors, but I love seeing the little splashes of water when the small birds are showering.
Oh yes,Robert. I did enjoyed this video so well. I do love hawks in every kind. Great thanks for the buzzard in it 2. That's one of my totem-birds. You definitely can see the hawk play and train with a throw and catch. You're posting amazing videos on your channel. Thank you,Sir. In kind regard 2 you, T🪶
Imagine you are relaxing in your favourite spot and then your favourite food fearless comes and you have awesome time eating it and relaxing What a chilled bird
Just shows the ecosystem there is working so well. Water, plant life, prey, predators in the same habitat. Just as nature intended. Wonderful vid. Thanks.
That is amazing to see one so far down here. They are something to see at least once in your lifetime I think. Our countryside misses these majestic birds.
Stunning footage combined with all your preparation to be able to capture such fantastic footage Robert is just excellent. Well done and keep them coming.
I always love watching birds have a little wash. Sometimes I put on "Splish Splash I was taking a Bath." By Bobby Darren over the top, heh it is quite funny.
Going off point here but I work in the north sea and seen a juvenile white tailed sea eagle a few years back. I took loads of photos and sent them in to energy voice and the North Sea bird club page. They said it was the first ever recorded sighting but it was a phenomenal size and the biggest bird of prey in England I believe even bigger than a golden eagle
hOlY cRaP, Robert! A goshawk! So beautiful! It's a privelege to have one there. The size comparison was also great. However should the barn owls, the tawny owls and the kestrels- especially the kestrels- worry about having an apex predator so close to their nests? Goshawks are prolific hunters of other smaller raptors. What do you think? Would it a pose a threat for the "stars" of the channel?
Yes, it's a definite threat. That female sparrowhawk is larger than a female kestrel yet look how the goshawk dwarfs it. The kestrels and owls have no defence and goshawks actively prey on smaller raptors. But it is a native bird and all these species co-evolved so they have survived together over time. The difference here is that the absence of goshawks in recent years, and assistance from REF, has probably allowed the local population of other raptors to proliferate more. If goshawks start moving back into the area this may start to get thinned out a bit!
@@debeee It would not have been trying to drive the sparrowhawk away, it would have been trying to kill it. But sparrowhawks are very hard to catch as they also accipiters. Hovering kestrels and slow quartering barn owls not so. The buzzards won't be concerned - they are slower but more powerful, they'll probably wait for her to catch something they can't and then steal it off her. She's a woodland hunter, they are hunters of the open.
Didnt know they would predate on kestrals, these are getting rarer unfortunatly, il never forget the film kes and the mean farmer or game keeper, they was under threat then from poisoning and egg theft, im sure it still goes on today, dont know why sparrow hawks are not the same, they must mate prolifically and have bigger broods that survive as you definitely see more than kestrals or less its down to hunting techniques as in hovering why we see them more....
What a video, you had me with your music choice which was wonderful. I feel I need to say how our human interpretation is different from animal reality(at least for the most part) in that when animals do things we consider mean, is actually done without malice and more logical in their development. For me this gives a greater appreciation of their lives.
What a lovely sighting! I wonder if she's just passing through or if she'll decide to hang around. As a juvenile, I'm guessing she doesn't have an established territory yet. It'd be intetesting to see her integrate into the ecosystem here!
She is just passing through most lightly the wood is two small and the wrong type of trees 🌲 they like Larch or conifer trees to nest in which there are some close by
Oh, suuuure. When she does it, she's "practicing her techniques," when I do it, I'm "playing with my food." 😆 What a treat for you to share with us, thank you. 🙏🏽💖
Oh my goodness Si, how special is that bird wow? It will be great if she breeds & has the pond & surroundings as her territory! What a treat watching her I love Goshawks such a powerful magnificent bird, I'd live to see one in the wild in fact I've never seen a kite or goshawk, I remember seeing hobbies hunting insects over a river in Norfolk I was absolutely made up they were nesting in some trees but were not much bigger than a bat.. Anyway great to see these icon British Isles birds ❤️🤍💙 .... P.S, I hope this Avian influenza passes, it is affecting this year's fledgling Herring gulls where I live down south... Thank you Simon for your tireless work your dedication to helping our natural world its second to none, Respect 🙏
Instant subscribe! This is so cool. What’s remarkable is- rats are incredibly tough- they can be bent in half in a trap & fight like hell for a long time.. seems like this beauty dispatched it instantly when she landed on it. Very precise kill it seems to me.
They are really big birds I was shocked at how big and powerful they are . I don't think golden eagles are bigger or maybe there's not much in it. Kestrels were small but amazing hovering . As for kites I've not seen one that I'm aware of but they seem fairly common now since DDT got banned. Now slug pellets need banning. People can use beer traps
Great shot. You asked for comments - the dead giveaway for a first-year bird is the yellow eyes. When they mature they gain a nice orange color. These are the ultimate falconry hawks. They can fly down anything you put in front of them. The white, European Gos is fantastic.
@@RobertEFuller Their only weakness is their focus on the prey they are after. My 1 lb tiercel could take a 6lb jack rabbit He was killed by a golden eagle while sitting on one of his catches. That was a bad day.
Gorgeous! The range of Goshawks ends just short of where I live in North Carolina & I've never seen one in real life! We do have some Red Shouldered Hawks (or buzzards, as y'all more correctly call them 😏) that have taken up residence behind our backyard though! There was a juvenile that spent some time stalking a chipmunk a few feet outside my window the other day and I was so captivated by it!
👍Isn't that such typical actions from a newly independent bird of prey. It seems they need to prove to themselves, that they can actually hunt, and catch their own food, and it was no accident. Great bit of footage to catch Robert, top notch photography.👍
I've seen goshawks used in falconry for their ability to suddenly drop on their prey at 30-40 mph. It's a most stunning film to observe a juvenile in the wild continuing to apply its immature skills to hunt. You've provided an exceptional habitat for this species to visit. The film is an advocate for protected species and educational. I appreciate and admire you immensely! 🤎💦💫
Some years ago I had a haggard goshawk come into my yard and eyeball my young cat. Luckily our little cat saw the goshawk approach and alight in a tree right above her, about 20 ft away. Our little cat was just paralyzed with fear until she couldn't stand it anymore. She just bolted on the tips of her toes towards me and safety. The goshawk just quickly melted back into the forest, just the way it arrived. I've trained goshawks before and they are very clever, especially the older adult birds. I once live trapped 3 of them in less than two hours for banding. They were all hanging around a pond full of ducks.
