THE SECRET LIFE OF THE SPARROWHAWK 

This past summer, 2020, I had a Cooper's Hawk spend hours nearly everyday at my birdbath. I live in Phoenix AZ USA which is very hot and dry in summer. She seemed to appear after successfully hunting in which case she'd stay for hours. Other times she seemed to cool off and rest for 45 minutes before taking off. She would stand in the water for hours. Sometimes stand on the edge which didn't look comfortable but she didn't seem to mind. She would also perch in a nearby tree. I had a perfect view from my desk about 10' away to see her fly from the tree to the bath right at me. She must have been able to see me but it never bothered her. Sometimes when she lands on the bath she lets out a call which I assume is "my territory". There once was a couple days there was another Cooper's Hawk which she drove off. About once every 3 weeks she bathed. Really something to see. Extremely animated. I say she because she is 22" in height so guessing female. It was easy to get a measurement because I used a test stick. At the beginning of summer her eyes were yellow and they slowly changed to orange by the end of summer. And she went thru one molt. Was surprised how fast new feathers grew in. She is always looking around. Looking for danger but I think mostly studying the habits of birds. What a treat. Now it's cooler and she doesn't come by as often but I hear her.

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Looks awesome 👍

Fantastic footage, i see them quite often where i live, but only ever in flight, and usually very high up, easily recognisable by their long rectangular tail and broad wings, a few weeks ago i saw a Red Kite and a Sparrowhawk circling high above me, it seemed to me they were checking each other out, they were only a few metres apart and there didn't seem to be any animosity between them, it was a great sight

I saw a pile of feathers at the top of my garden and had a look at the cctv recording from the camera in my back garden thinking that the local cats had killed something I was really stunned when I found that the culprit was actually a sparrow hawk it had taken a dove in midair and I have to say to watch this was amazing the speed and accuracy of the sparrow hawk was mind blowing I had to watch the footage a couple of times to work out where the dove came from and where the sparrow hawk came from the first time I watched the recording the whole event was over in seconds I just saw a few featherers in mid air float down to the ground and when I played the footage back in slow motion I was knocked back at the hunting skills of this amazing bird the sparrow hawk is a true master at hunting

amazing

У перепелятника очень милая и добрая внешность, особенно в сравнении с тетеревятником

What a pleasure to see a video clip with decent appropriate music added; this perfectly enhances the fine photography and is a refreshing change from the usual raucous diet of senseless boom-de-boom shit that others think is lovely "music".

I saw a Coopers hawk fly across the street just above moving traffic, drop to about the level of the door handle, slot in between parked cars and the moving head on traffic, and at the last moment, fly just over the hood of a parked car towards the sidewalk where some sparrows were feeding on seeds. 1. He used the cars as cover. 2. He could not see the birds feeding yet knew they were there as they were fleeting up and down to avoid predators. 3. He had to time it just right. 5. He might have known exactly which car to fly over once he decided to break cover. I've also seen one bank in mid air at greater than 90 degree angle and hit a Norway rat. Similar to throwing a Frisbee at a steep angle and watching it work it's way right back to you.

Simply , nature is in most pretty form.

Thanx for film ❤️🦅im sparrowhawk foundation ❤️🦅

We don't realise how big a hen sparrowhawk is..

we just had a couple of birds killed on our garden one was a sparrow type bird the other was a pigeon or dove i we think going on the fethers left. we thought it was a cat. But only yesterday 19/8/202 i was sat under our gazebo which has a shade cloth under it when i heard something land behind me and on the wooden structure of the gazebo so i thought. so i sneaked up and bang our eyes met in shock horrer. i was face to face with a sparrow hawk. yea just 2ft 6 inc between us toss up who was in most shock. any way it looked at me not to alarmed i might say, Then it flew abut 15ft to the fence top on our neigbours garden. it was very wet so i think it struggled to get any hight. so landed on fence. i had a good look at it and was very excited. then i thought got to get a picture for my wife and inlaws or they will think im crackers... dashed in house grabbed the simplist camera to hand. dashed back down garden ready to shoot and yes you guessed it..Gone. Dam Dam Dam. i have got about or 6 cameras of all qualitys and not a blumin one to hand.. Anyway i am now thinking is this the criminal thats killing the garden birds that i regularly feed ? anyway i have now got a camera hung in garden workshop and am thinking of setting a motion camera up see if i can capture a shot of the monster thats eaating our garden birds. Not that it will bother me. live and let live. I will just consider it a real honor to have another lovely creature visiting. i love all wildlife. we have hedghoggs visiting almost every evening ..love it...The more the merrier. To see squirels would be my ultimate hope and joy

AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING

This Bird looks like our Sharp shinned Hawk, same call also.

Good footage

I got to see one catch a bird in mid air today. It took a good 10secs to workout what the large thud and swoosh was. Then could see athe blur blend into a sparrowhawk and I just couldnt believe. I hastily tried to take a photo and scared it off with its kill

My dad found 4 baby sparrow hawks at his work, they were inside a loader thing (i'm not sure what) and he said whenever they needed to use the machine, when they would turn it on the baby's would fall out. The mother eventually just gave up and left, they watched for a couple days and she never came back. he brought them home, his cow worker (and best friend) kept two, and we kept two. The one eats like a champ (my brothers) yet mine hasn't eaten yet, I have been up all night searching for stuff about them yet I cant find much. May you have any suggestions?

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very nice

To me these look like what I refer to as Sharp Shinned hawks. Is there a difference, and if so...what is the difference? The sharp shinned hawk is kind of like a smaller version of the coopers hawk. I see the coopers hawks, on a regular basis. But the Sharp shinned hawks aren't as plentiful , in the area where I live, in Southwestern Vermont. Atleast that is what I would guess.

check out my little video? it is a wild SparrowHawke that allowed me to save it when it hit my window very hard. it was knocked out, stunned in shock and fell upside down wedged between my freezer and the wall. I carefully kept the sweet soul warm and then was rewarded with a beautiful interaction. The SparrowHawke actually showed affection by nuzzle my beard, and sat on my shoulder even when I went back outside I love my wild friends!

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As a pigeon man myself I hate sparrowhawks

I'm with the pigeon fanciers here! I hate these cold blooded assassins.Every Spring and summer they dessimate the beautiful song birds that come to my garden for food to feed their young leaving the young to die in their nest.They seem to have no natural enemies of their own.They're getting to be to many,they should be culled.

weri nice video helo from sparowhawk from croatia

wow here we go again people,that's a goshawk not a sparrowhawk , sparrowhawk is slang for the American kestrel, in Europe I guess every hawk is a sparrowhawk

I hope your not refering to the racing pigeon? They help win the war,what did these evil creatures do for this country except make the lovely song birds get fewer. The rspb should protect the racing pigeon against these evil birds.