Cooper's Hawk Snatches House Finch! - 12/26/19

This is a video clip of a Cooper’s Hawk preying on a Female House Finch at a 24/7 Alabama streaming Bird Cam.
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[@richardbeee]

Totally awesome!

[@KenLittle]

Thanks Richard and for your continued support of this channel!

[@richardbeee]

@@KenLittle Your welcome Ken. I ground feed out here in AZ and once i had a sparrow hawk swoop down on some quail. He missed. It's the roadrunners you really keep an eye on out here. They will attack and eat baby quail. So i enjoyed watching nature at its inest. Thanks again.

[@eileenpannetier7694]

What kind of bird cam do you have? It’s really great footage

[@KenLittle]

Thanks! They are Axis bullet cams. They can be found on my website at the bottom of this page: www.kenlittleblog.com/photo-video

[@karengladys2011]

Wow, those hawks are fast!

[@KenLittle]

Extremely fast. The super slow motion video is at 12% speed and the hawk is still a blur. It is amazing how he navigates through the feeders

[@gyrlgeorge]

Wow! That was crazy! He came from underneath too! I have some resident Coopers and Sharpies but I’ve never been able to catch them exactly in the act like this. It’s always when they are flying off with a bird. I wish I had a cam like this. What fun! I also can’t get over the sheer variety of birds you have at one time at your feeding station. My feeders are never like this. I’ll get a huge flock of Pine Siskens, and then one or two house finches and a couple of American Goldfinches at one time. You often have one or two of six or more species. Very cool. I’m envious!

[@KenLittle]

Thanks GyrlGeorge. I’m glad you enjoy the birds!

[@honeybadger1802]

That made me sad..and then the slow mo...sadder But i know its the food chain..😁👍🙋‍♀️middle of winter michigan..enjoy watching..miss my backyard

[@KenLittle]

Honey Badger that is what someone from Facebook replied with the same comment and also a photograph of a bald eagle eating a ruddy duck it caught. Thanks for having a look and the support!

[@elektricat]

She never saw him coming! (I'm very much enjoying your cam down here in Montgomery)!!

[@KenLittle]

Thanks so much. You can get an early peak at what birds are migrating towards Montgomery. Thanks for tuning in!

[@carlobrigante4764]

Precision sneak attack...

[@KenLittle]

It is amazing how the Hawk navigated through the feeders after the attack. Their flight agility is an awesome spectacle

[@goshawkeyesii1692]

Awesome vid,Ken!!

[@KenLittle]

Thanks GoshawkeyesII!

[@fluffykat1]

It looks like the finch had some sort of avian pox perhaps? Likely made her an easier target, can this affect the hawk too? That was a great catch, certainly put her out of her misery quickly

[@KenLittle]

I think that the house finch had house finch conjunctivitis, which is a disease particularly affecting house finches. In this case the female house finch had a vision limitation that the hawk exploited as they normally do with aged, weak, disabled or diseased birds. I know that it is possible for a hawk to catch avian pox. I couldn't find any material regarding the effect of House finch conjunctivitis on hawk from an ingested bird.

[@birdfanboi]

I have bird feeders too & one time I found a mourning dove half gone that a hawk left inside the platform feeder. It’s face was chewed up & had a big hole on its stomach

[@KenLittle]

That's pretty brutal and a tough scene to process. Yes, Cooper's Hawks have to eat to, but to leave the remains in your feeder is like the horse head in the bed in the Godfather.

[@davidandrew6347]

That finch had to have been blind in the right eye

[@KenLittle]

Yes David. Good observation. The House Finch arrived on the feeders that day and had HF Conjunctivitis in the right eye. The hawk seemed to detect weakness and predated it. Sad, but a part of nature’s process which we aren’t real thrilled to watch.

[@bree2209]

Awesome capture of the hawk getting the Finch. And I know they must eat also, but it makes me sad. Thanks Ken you are awesome.

[@KenLittle]

Thanks Bree! Always great to hear from you!

[@vistaprime]

house finch populations are quite healthy despite house finch eye diease.

[@KenLittle]

@@vistaprime Yes, House Finches and Chipping Sparrows are the visitors with the highest numbers at my feeder. The one taken by the Cooper's Hawk has the House Finch Conjunctivitis.

[@vistaprime]

@@KenLittle yes, I noticed the swollen eye. That's why she couldn't see the hawk.

[@KenLittle]

@@vistaprime Survival of the fittest...and smartest!