Sparrowhawk plucking a Starling #2

Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) plucking a Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), that it had just caught in my garden.

[@BestestGardenPal]

Disclaimer: This is not a Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus), it is a European Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)! Sharp-shinned Hawk has never been recorded in the wild in the Western Palearctic, let alone Great Britain, where this video was taken, and I am not aware of a European Sparrowhawk having ever been recorded in the wild in North America. Different continents can often hold different species. Hope this helps a tad :)

[@donbaxley5530]

As soon as he got it into the missionary position it went well!

[@jjbasilis3280]

one of the understated skills of these bird of prey, aside from their superpower vision, sharp talons and very capable beak, is their sense of balance which keeps them on top of their victims as they struggle for their last ounce of energy to stop the inevitable. painful but part of nature. not any different from other humans do to other humans.

[@MrOptik1]

Dude...Humans don't rip the clothes off of other humans then rip into their bodies as they pin them to the ground and start eating them alive. That's just a shockingly poor comparison... I don't know what your train of thought was when you rittled out this piss poor sentence but please...just delete it, it's straight nonsense.

[@knutfugl]

Great caught. Lucky that got it on film. Subscribed to your channel. Greets.

[@Skylark_Jones]

What's unsavouru about these birds of prey is that they don't try to kill their prey before eating them so the prey is suffering as it's being eaten alive.

[@trevorslovick3313]

I wonder if falconers have ever bred captive sparrowhawk x sharp-shinned hawk hybrids? They're so closely related and it wouldn't surprise me if they could hybridize.

[@SKKEarth]

great footage

[@darkstarninja5978]

0:26 youve been Spotted! that sparrow hawk looks so cute, even if theres a victim in its talons, lol.

[@martinmaddox5315]

Now he’s plucked!

[@oldschoolhawking8191]

Next video: "Sparrowhawk plucking a Robin." By: Mr. Starling

[@kasulejoseph9317]

Birds of prey have such a firm grip. It's very difficult for prey to escape.

[@reynanputra6780]

unfortunately in my country there are no birds of prey.

[@TIR4NO]

This is hard to watch, even if you understand that life works in this way

[@BestestGardenPal]

Strange though, isn't it, that this kind of subject always seems to be an irresistible magnet for those that find things hard to watch. O.o

[@anastasiostsapanidis7133]

Did it die in the end?reason?

[@syedali92314]

This is eurasian sparrow hawk

[@BestestGardenPal]

Yes, it is. Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus).

[@syedali92314]

@@BestestGardenPal but it donnot occur in northren America

[@BestestGardenPal]

@@syedali92314 Yes, that's what the disclaimer says.

[@syedali92314]

@@bobanderson2895 haha 😅 I think you need Google this sparrow hawk

[@ivanildomuniz]

😎👉💥💥💥💥💥

[@hangmai1296]

Du sao nhin nhu the nay cung rat tan nhan tuy cac loai deu phai sinh ton bang moi cach !!!

[@thehonorablejiveturkey6068]

I think you kinda got in a comfortable position near the end and was gonna show more but the Sparrow Hawk wouldnt play along and flew away. Dang it

[@SKKEarth]

Very nice chapters

[@sk-pm8js]

An ambulance is coming.......🚑

[@51dyt93]

Esas. Aves no devieran comerce a las otras aves si no ratas y reptiles que pecado

[@TIR4NO]

Claro, así no queda nadie que controle las poblaciones de estorninos. Luego éstos se multiplican por decenas de millones y provocan un colapso de los ecosistemas. El pecado es tu ortografía amigo.

[@BatmanBoss]

Starlings are tasty

[@darrionkemp1948]

again people not a sparrowhawk, it is a sharp shinned hawk period. sparrowhawk is slang for American kestrel

[@BestestGardenPal]

Please read the disclaimer. It's quite simple: just google Accipiter nisus. We tend to have different species of birds in Europe to those found in the US.

[@jameshur7539]

그만 뽑고 대충 먹어라..

[@LuisSanchez-cw5io]

Que pájaro mas malo mira cuanta manzanas hay en el suelo tirada y prefiere matar esa ave

[@Nico-jb5ej]

No mms

[@fredymx2386]

No mms