Sparrowhawk catches Wood Pigeon and is then harassed by two Magpies

Footage filmed on Panasonic FZ200. Apologies about commentary - I'm no David Attenborough!

[@thewidowmaker4037]

Its hilarious reading the comments, people saying ooh the Magpies are trying to save the Wood Pigeon....no no no....Magpies are scavengers they just want an easy meal, they aren't going to save the Wood Pigeon they aren't friends they don't go drinking together.

[@jlr1569]

@TheWidowMaker40 -- EXACTLY!

[@rectaldestructionisnotlove4091]

They eat the babies of wood pigeons and eggs. It is in their best interest to keep the adults alive.

[@specialandroid1603]

I see them down the pub all the time

[@junyissmart]

@@rectaldestructionisnotlove4091 if the adult is dead then why not go in for the meal

[@rectaldestructionisnotlove4091]

@@junyissmart Because they can't cut up the meat. They can only swallow the chicks and eat the eggs.

[@cooldude-mi9wz]

Peigon : omg u guys are heroes. Thx for saving me. Magpies : we didnt save you. You under new managment.

[@c.l.m.4726]

The magpies are just waiting for the scraps.

[@philchinamusical]

Magpie A: I'm bored. Magpie B: Yeah, tell me about… Wait a minute! There is a hawk!

[@MiroslavHundak]

I don't think magpies care about the pigeon, but in this case they do care about the bird of pray taking liberties in their back yard. Corvids, like magpies, crows and ravens, will regularly harass birds of pray, like owls and hawks if they come into their territory. They will also try to steal their food by distracting them and pulling them by the tails. Crows and ravens even do this to foxes and wolves sometimes, but that's a higher stakes game.

[@Dowlphin]

I read "Covids" at first.

[@jangowan5742]

Jackdaws are pretty smart too

[@MiroslavHundak]

@@jangowan5742 I believe they are. Probably because "Jackdaws are the smallest member of the crow family (collectively known as corvids)". Also, since corvids are technically singing birds, that makes ravens the largest singing birds in the world.

[@UniLlama418]

Don’t mean to be that person but it’s ‘prey’ not ‘pray’

[@MiroslavHundak]

@@UniLlama418 I stand corrected.

[@srstabalot4017]

Its a hostage situation and the cops are negotiating.

[@End-Result]

They’re not cops, they’re comrades

[@sneakycheeky531]

@@danhix5005 american cops

[@maxthecat14]

Magpies are pretty smart, whenever our local fox turns up for a snack you can be sure the magpies will appear within seconds, They know we put out foxy snacks and are determined to share his spoils. one gets behind and pecks foxy's tail, when he turns around the second magpie dives in and steal some food.

[@vovzburau7142]

Yeah, i have the same story at my place (Belarus). So i started to put snacks in the bush, and the main thing to do it is the time - around the darkness.

[@maxthecat14]

@@vovzburau7142 Bird food, fox food, hedgehog food, and my cat's food....... Animals cost me a fortune.

[@vovzburau7142]

@@maxthecat14 so it's not a love? For me it's like. to give flowers some girl, her name is Liska, lol. Happy to meet you, wish good luck for your emm, pockets. Right word? ...

[@maxthecat14]

@@vovzburau7142 Yes , right word. Nice to hear from you to.

[@GeneralCreed]

You had me at Foxy snacks

[@Twitch0331]

This is the literal definition of "A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush." 🤣🤣

[@annanas9122]

In Russian and Ukrainian there's a similar saying. Goes like this: "a tit in the hand is better than a crane in the sky".

[@crazydragy4233]

Never heard this one in English. I do know of a similar one in Lithuanian though. “A sparrow in hand is better than a bear in the forest.”

[@h4t3.gaming55]

In germany we say: Better to have a sparrow in hand, than a pigeon on the roof. Lieber den Spatz in der Hand, als die Taube auf dem Dach.

[@Teabonesteak]

Got to love the daring nature of birds🤣

[@spythere]

@@h4t3.gaming55 Identical to the Polish one: Lepszy wróbel w garści niż gołąb na dachu :D

[@invu_]

Thought miraculously the pigeon was gonna get saved- my disappointment knows no bounds 😔

[@EsotericMedic]

same :(

[@PoliticalGangster]

Copy my shit

[@ryugurena3327]

That's nature for you

[@Tamasineennion]

U need to Learn that if that sparrow hark doesn’t eat that pidgion it will die it hast to kill it needs to I feel bad for the bird being eaten but that’s nature for u and it can be crule

[@lukeskywalker9016]

it wont

[@rosewaters2533]

Pigeon probably suffered a heart attack and passed out.

[@ivanwesteurope]

I killed some sparrowhawks in my country and this one would be another.

[@brimstonevalar6053]

@@ivanwesteurope you dumb

[@candiceruth10]

@@ivanwesteurope good go

[@BillSikes.]

No the Sparrowhawk kills it by squeezing the life out of it with those Talons, it won't feed until its prey is dead

[@justinneill5003]

@@BillSikes. Those claws are razor sharp; probably sliced through some blood vessels and pierced some vital organs.

[@hoviksmail]

Magpie 1: "Oh shit he got Jerry, we should go help him out" Magpie 2: "Just play dead Jerry we're coming"

[@clairedanley7479]

🤣

[@seanlee7563]

THEY TOO OFTEN FALL VICTIMS OF THE HAWKS. THE BEHAVIOR EXPLAINS IT.

[@rubrown1397]

Language!

[@david_cool427YT]

@@rubrown1397 Thank you

[@raihidara]

4:05 "You're doing great Jerry!"

[@bonnieandclyde222]

I've seen single magpies friend up with wood pigdeons , they get on well

[@HelenaMikas]

me too -

[@Dowlphin]

Until pigeon learns who stole her eggs.

[@colmranger]

Magpie in my garden raid the pigeons nest with it's chicks each year

[@madmurdock100]

*pigeons

[@Dowlphin]

@@madmurdock100 Maybe pink ones. ... Pinkgeons. 😄 - Now there would be a flying pig. (Not to be confused with pengeons, a cross of pigeon and penguin.)

[@m0nke318]

This is singlehandedly the most confusing bird video I have ever seen.

[@Billy98Sports]

Female sparrow hawk catches pigeon, magpies are pretty territorial so they harassed her whilst she’s tryna eat. Not really that confusing.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Confusing?? Wtf 😳 seems pretty straight forward.

[@m0nke318]

@@Eleventhearlofmars for contextual reasons its 3 different species of birds so close together. where im from ,no such birds will stay so close to birds of prey , i guess its a geographical thing, also there are close to no close encounters to wildlife like this . im not really used to it thats why its confusing. There are two sides to a coin m8.

[@Tika927]

@@m0nke318 it surprises me too when smaller birds gang up on birds of prey - I have a hawk nest near me and I keep seeing gnatcatchers (look them up, they’re SUPER tiny) diving towards the nest trying to pester and annoy the momma hawk, they’re brave little things

[@mrss554]

I did not know that birds ate other birds. Wow.

[@EbolaBearr]

Dude is just eating a sandwhich while he watched a pidgeon being eaten haha

[@sam2cents]

This is an absolutely fascinating video. I've never seen magpies do that before, but I have seen one narrowly escape being prey of a sparrowhawk.

[@nowandrew4442]

They do it to cats, too, for fun....

[@DPS1194]

Wow! The sparrow hawk has to be one of the smallest family of raptors right next to the American kestrel! What it lacks in size, it makes up for in confidence. But to the magpies, it's just like them; a tiny bird.

[@professorwoland3181]

Just like them, but knows karate

[@invu_]

damn man that's brutal

[@lukeskywalker9016]

hawk's prey

[@kienvu4690]

That's nature of nature man.

[@MisstyG]

We watched one of these kill a pigeon in one of our front yard trees, a few years ago. These are one of the swiftest and most brutal killing machines we have ever seen.

[@rowdogspeaks5900]

I felt for that pigeon who looked like he had accepted his fate and made no attempt to escape.

[@bernieudo4399]

Yeah. The France of birds.

[@tawsifking9336]

I think the pigeon should have saved coz they dont often live in the wild at least my country and many own them

[@purpleemerald5299]

I think all the shock and blood-loss may have had something to do with that…

[@stevegray5709]

@@tawsifking9336 In understandable English please.

[@fleuger99]

@@bernieudo4399 You're an idiot!

[@MsStack42]

I want to come back as a magpie. They always look like they're enjoying themselves ! Beautiful birds!

[@thespaceram2879]

It is either heaven or hell when one passes away. Pray to God=Lord Jesus Christ that He spares one from ending up in hell later. All of the unrepentant wrongdoers and the disbelievers end up there. As will the deciever satan and his angels (demons).

[@batman3698]

@@thespaceram2879 that is your belief which you can keep to yourself since it clearly differs from original poster.

[@thespaceram2879]

@@batman3698 no satan, everyone must know. You aren't going to be misleading people.

[@batman3698]

@@thespaceram2879 I haven't even made a statement, so how am I missleading people? All I'm saying is that you should stop prying your faith onto others. Your mindset is responsible for countless wars troughout history. It's getting old now in 2021. We're not in the medieval ages anymore.

[@thespaceram2879]

@@batman3698 God=Lord Jesus Christ says Blessed are those when people persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil towards you because of Me. Rejoice because your reward will be great in heaven. As the same was done to the prophets before you.

[@slikdarelic]

"I got him Heckle ol boy.. Nah Jeckle.. I got this, mate!"

[@newforestobservatory9322]

Absolutely superb footage - well done you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Longbody1000]

Thank you. Filmed in Poole.

[@cooper482011]

The bird version of a lion eating his prey in the midst of two scavenging hyenas.

[@jamiefoyers2800]

There's a sparrowhawk that hunts out near my back garden. The birds dive for cover when they see it's on the prowl, usually it walks across the top of the hedge and all the sparrows and starlings are squawking away like mad!. I like this footage showing how cheeky the magpies are..they're terrible birds but they fascinate me, they're the "wind up" merchants of the corvid family but are quite forthright. One tried to chisel it's way through the stone work via my window to get in. They don't give up easily.

[@thegamingeagle2247]

Try and put a trap

[@busterabcat]

They are the avian world's equivalent to society's scumbag teenage chavs, pure and simple. Absolutely everything about them - their appearance, their behaviour, their attitude, their cowardly gang-like mentality, their staggering lack of vocabulary and musical talent - is exactly the same. But to grudgingly give them their due, they are probably still far more intelligent and articulate than their human equivalents, even if they do have the worst calls of any British bird by a million miles.

[@julienmeyer8208]

Sparrowhawk defending that B plant site like a pro.

[@magnmadsen]

Would've loved to think that the magpies were trying to save the dove...yeah i know. Respect, Hawk . Great vid!

[@bearyhasclipz7034]

Thats a pigeon if you were joking tell me

[@LiLFraz]

@@bearyhasclipz7034 i mean your a fortniter dont talk

[@rogelionava2980]

mucha agrecibidad.

[@DanDMoua]

Yes, you are right. I agreed.

[@paulgabolinscy2502]

Yeah you go on believing that dear😂

[@NobodyPlaysGames-se8md]

And here comes my kid running thru the feathers after everything happens like its snow😂😂

[@StuffOffYouStuff]

Woman - "dyu want a sandwich?" Man - "yes please" Pigeon - I'm flippin' dying over here!!!!

[@Longbody1000]

Yep that's the it in a nut shell. Great sandwich though. Thanks for watching.

[@makingconnections777]

Nature is like, you got food, I'll steal it

[@johndyason8254]

An almost exact duplicate of what happened in our garden, only on the patio and the magpies spotted us watching and took flight leaving the Sparrowhawk to its lunch. Left part of carcass on fence post in the ivy and came back for another lunch the following day. Still passes through regularly, leaving the garden silent with no sparrows for most of the rest of the day.

[@langlang6446]

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[@nickkorkodylas5005]

When you and your buddy try to start shit with the four-dan blackbelt because he is a manlet.

[@dixieboy5689]

This is stunning. Wonderful Thanks

[@user-bu7jl6zy5d]

Excellent video. Nice quality. Beautiful surroundings---where did this take place? Commentary was fine.

[@Longbody1000]

Dorset, UK

[@user-bu7jl6zy5d]

@@Longbody1000 Thank you. Much more beautiful than the Sonoran Desert of North America.

[@Wvk5zc]

All I see is a lion, an impala and 2 hyenas

[@nilstarlight]

Lion would have killed the impala in seconds

[@Ahch_not_op_of_Judah]

Wilson adjust your monitoring settings 😂

[@aron2015]

Wilson spec savers sale on 👍

[@MDCCLXXVI1990]

@@aron2015 Too bad you can't buy IQ, you'd need some.

[@hatran9962]

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[@richardvalvona1159]

What a lovely garden you have. The left side of it reminds me of the backgarden of the house I grew up in.

[@doncarlodivargas5497]

Hawk: note to myself, next time, check for no pesky magpies around

[@Yesu44]

I am amazed how the hawk never once let go of the pigeon while fighting off magpies. That's some strong grasp it got 👏👍.

[@sneakycheeky531]

hawks phisically cant open both feet when one foot is held onto somethin. so they have to eat it or die

[@fleuger99]

@@sneakycheeky531 Where did you hear that nonsense from? OMG!

[@sneakycheeky531]

@@fleuger99 here kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqepi52larWafZI

[@peterjenkins1244]

Fantastic footage ! Well done 👍

[@rosimarpereirapereira5024]

Gen

[@guyhick7082]

Y'know, magpies ain't nothin' but crows with a chequered history.

[@mandarawong4899]

Magpies are such beautiful birds and such characters.Together they eat quite peacefully with all the other species in my garden , apart from being cheeky with the pigeon to move him from the bowl. However I have no doubt they were wanting in on the scraps. Had a sparrow hawk on the table this summer to my surprise. No interest in the food bowl but definitely staring at the hedge intently.

[@MrLeeVJ]

약육강식의 세계! 동영상 감사합니다!🇰🇷👉💕👍 The world of the jungle! Thank you for the video!🇰🇷👉💕👍

[@user-os7is9rj4r]

Ястреб перепелятник поймал голубя. Это очень результативный охотник из за его широких но не длинных крыльев. Сейчас он склюет мясо на груди добычи и улетит.

[@viitaveritas5802]

Теперь понятно. Спасибо, что пояснили.

[@g.v.m7935]

I love magpies I used to have one myself for while that I rescued as chick. It was so smart and beautiful.

[@MyKas3]

G.v.M I’ve heard they make nice pets, I’d like a Raven, Dont think we get them where I live, Closest thing would be a crow, What happened to your Magpie? You said you only had him a while?

[@severinamaria2358]

@@MyKas3 l

[@severinamaria2358]

Bezettos

[@Pinkkittie5006]

I didn't know Magpies can be pets. I don't hear that often. That's cool though. Magpies are beautiful birds.

[@TurinTuramber]

Not many birds more ruthless (and successful) as corvids. Thanks for the video.

[@claudineiferreira3087]

8jiii88

[@juanjoruiz2952]

En español las urracas también se quieren comer la paloma

[@turkeybeard2010]

Heckle and Jeckle are at it again.

[@daniellehner1383]

Amazing display caught on video! The Hawk is very determined to keep his quarry. How close could you get to this spectacle?

[@someblokecalleddave1]

Good vid mate nearly 2 million views and you've not monetized it!

[@UkraineEnigma]

Excellent filmed! Beautiful video!

[@carmenhosein3634]

The person who is filming this is wicked to watch that happens

[@vawest2052]

Wicked would be going outside and stomping all of them to death, biting their heads off then lighting them on fire. You don't know what wicked means if you think filming this is "wicked". Normal functioning people don't go up to wild animals of any kind and take their food away, unless you're a sh/tty person and likes tormenting hungry animals.

[@patriciagarcia2766]

I've seen this happen a couple of times, usually in winter time when it's slim pickings for birds. When the hawk gets his fill, the magpies will eat the spoils.

[@acengtls3263]

❤️

[@samifares4798]

Des oiseaux humains mais celui qui a fait la video, non.

[@patriciagarcia2766]

@@samifares4798 I don't know.

[@handeyecoordinationskills]

Plot twist ; the Pigeon returns to life and kicks the s*** out of the Hawk

[@TheCaretaker555]

pigeon is like well dont just sit there do something

[@user-xg1hp7uh1l]

Да и это называется жизнь

[@Rikachan92]

Thank you for uploading this! Really interesting!

[@aripripin1724]

Nopi

[@davemonday5381]

We have two peregrine falcons that hunt the sparrow’s. In the the bushes next to our living room window the first time my wife saw one of the sparrows being eaten about 8 feet away on the front lawn she was mortified. The falcons set traps in between two sets of bushes one chases the sparrows out of the bushes the other waits in ambush and catches them out in the open. Then all hell breaks loose and it’s like the Battle of Britain for a few minutes it’s a fantastic thing to see. Nature at its best. We have a lot pigeons and doves. I’ve seen then sat in the same tree as the hawk sparrow hawks and seem to bother when the peregrines are around. The hawk don’t show any interest at all. But I did see a peregrine Falcon take a white dove 🕊 my neighbour-was showing me his award winning fantail dove.he was very proud of. Has he let go of it. To fly it. The falcon hit it so fast and hard just a few feathers fluttered down. We was both shocked. We was less than 4 feet apart and it happened between us and the dove was only a couple of inch out of his hand. So the peregrines and shy I thought it was fantastic. He wasn’t as impressed. Shouldn’t laugh but it was bazaar to see.

[@BillSikes.]

That's not a Peregrine Falcon your describing, their not ambush Predators, they hunt on the wing, they kill their prey whilst still in flight with a purposely evolved notch on their beak, this is the difference between a Falcon and a Hawk

[@davemonday5381]

@@BillSikes. I can tell the difference we have both. They are incredible to watch.

[@bradleywoods3742]

@@davemonday5381 Peregrine falcons do not hunt sparrows, and also do not eat prey on the ground unless its too heavy to carry. What you are describing sounds like a sparrow hawk, who are ambush predators and regularly hunt sparrows and will consume their prey either at their kill site or at a plucking post.

[@davemonday5381]

@@bradleywoods3742 cheers ever day is a school day. Thanks again

[@tjp_real]

It's gonna be a fantastic thing to see when I find YOU.

[@lailaayan306]

I thought all birds ate the seeds I leave in the garden 😳

[@spazchicken1]

Some birds eat the birds that eat the seeds that you leave in the garden 🦅

[@PieterPatrick]

Did you really thought a Eagle (or hawk) would eat seeds? Or do you mean the Pagpies wanting that meat? A pigeon does taste great! You should try it!

[@lailaayan306]

@@PieterPatrick Not sure. Not been fortunate enough to see an eagle in my garden

[@PieterPatrick]

@@lailaayan306 If you have a nest of little songbirds in your garden and you really love them... ...You really should scare every Pagpie away! Pagpies and crows love to eat young birds! They are the biggest enemy of songbirds with a nest.

[@bobbyd6680]

Those talons lock on like fish hooks.

[@johnalden6584]

Birds of a Feather, don’t necessarily Flock Together !

[@noorjehansheikh1960]

Thank you for the video of birds -Oh , I love the Singing Bird ‘s video the best

[@michaelgaskell7408]

Good camera work, Female Sparrowhawk with a young Woodpigeon,(an adult would have put up more of a fight,and been more of a battle.The talons can cause initial bloodloss,and the bird will go into a state of shock.This explains the 'almost casual' manner in which the bird accepts its fate.

[@raintree3383]

I once saw 3 Magpies holding a cat hostage under a car.....the cat was hissing but too scared to come out.....I looked a half an hour later and it was still going on....the Magpies morning entertainment

[@jaysunbournebourne2340]

That sparrow hawk is straight g .

[@colettestjean123]

Nice garden. Interesting video, I looked this up after seeing a sparrow hawk trying to kill a pigeon in a local park in the air! Was seen off by a magpie. Amazing aerial display right in front of us. Glad the pigeon got away! Loved the question of whether you wanted a sandwich half way through.

[@Longbody1000]

Yes from memory it was a lovely sandwich. Note that I stopped filming to eat the sandwich and then reconviened filming afterwards. Note that the footage jumps. Hence the footage misses about 10mins in the middle.

[@colettestjean123]

@@Longbody1000 Haha. I thoroughly enjoyed it all, and your anecdotal tale makes it seem even better!

[@andrzejmroz7153]

Magpies want it for themselves, I saw how crow scared hawk when it was catching sparrow then when hawk gave up on it, crow searched for sparrow in the bushes.

[@pip-will-tell-nothing9247]

I’ve just seen today in my garden a magpie attack a sparrow Hawk that was perched on the fence

[@MoodMuzikMgmt]

I saw a sparrowgawk chase a crow

[@lil----lil]

The pigeon, dumb as a rock, had the once-in-a-life time opportunity to get away while the Magpies were harassing the Sparrowhawk relentlessly as if to say: "Now is your chance."

[@wleon4068]

It's not just the meal that these two birds want. Birds of prey are seen as a massive threat to other birds in the area as well. The magpies are, at the same time, trying to 'mob' this bird of prey in order to drive it away.

[@chapmasi]

The number of people commenting that the Magpies care about the Pigeon is laughable. Stealing food without the work is all they care about

[@n.g.s1mple29]

Its just a joke dude

[@chapmasi]

@@n.g.s1mple29 Some are.... a lot aren't. It's pathetic

[@glebchudayeu8682]

I COMPLETELY just wanted to type that

[@happylifetips5874]

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[@alistairmcelwee7467]

We had Australian magpies on our sheep & cattle farm. Sometimes they’d eat the eyes out of younger (living) lambs, which we did not appreciate. Definitely ghastly. They have a wonderful call so every morning they’d have a tremendous chorus. They’d also steal anything shiny which could be a problem at times.

[@chickensquailandbirds5650]

Yea we also raise cows and my dad said we have to be careful with the ravens and vultures because they could attack the newborn cows

[@marilynhudson5805]

I, love them so much ❤️ I feed all types of birds I even have an Owl that watches over me when I come back from work late night when I get inside always open the door and thank him. Then he leaves after I'm safe in my house.🦉❣️

[@pomeranianserenader9238]

I guess the sparrow hawk is lucky that it was two birds harassing him rather than a cat or a fox

[@user-qc6wi3dw5x]

They’re sayin “hey bruh, we all from the same gang”

[@FeathersinWild]

Beautiful footage and great timing... Thanks for sharing.

[@TheDevNell]

The magpies aren't so much trying to save the pigeon as they're trying to deny a raptor a meal

[@c.l.m.4726]

They will be back for the leftovers after the Sparrowhawk is full.

[@briangut900]

Feel so bad for the pigeon D: :(

[@JM-jz6yy]

You’re a bitch

[@heckrerraf9154]

@@JM-jz6yy What? It's fine to say that you feel bad for something, they aren't parading around about how all predators are evil and that they should all die, they're just saying that they feel bad for an animal

[@jtl4102]

@@JM-jz6yy Why???

[@ripongabikhan7207]

@@JM-jz6yy she is your sister

[@JM-jz6yy]

Look at some little hurt commenters, gonna cry?

[@joettaserio9618]

I have a Magpie that visits my yard during Spring and Summer but didn't know they had such nasty dispositions. I've only seen one that sits on a tree branch near my apartment and probably feeds on the bird seed I set out for other birds. Thanks for sharing this other aspect of them! 😊

[@HelenaMikas]

You are joking lol

[@nicholasjones7312]

I once saw a magpie harass a duck and it’s chicks. It was eventually successful in taking one of the chicks.

[@at1970]

Magpies take songbird eggs and chicks. They’re not as bad as cats but not good for those dwindling species.

[@73dlb]

1:39 “You want a bit of a sandwich Steve”? Wife asks “Yes Please” Steve replies. So everyone except the magpies and I are having lunch are they😂

[@Longbody1000]

It seems that way😃

[@MartinJG100]

Got to say that Pigeon really fought hard for it's life while the Magpies wound up the Sparrowhawk. I actually witnessed a Sparrowhawk glide from a tree and quite literally stun a Wood Pigeon on impact that was twice its own size. I was astonished by the the extent of the submission. It just seemed to give up and accept its fate. I got out of the car to have a closer look and the Sparrowhawk stood its ground right up to the point where I was barely a few feet away and then it let go and flew off, at which point the dozy Pigeon regained its senses and also flew off. Nature is fascinating.

[@_Bren__]

KZbin has recommended me countless videos of magpies fighting hawks. I don’t understand.

[@_Bren__]

Loyal you’re completely right.

[@edythorvenpuerta1425]

Is it a message?

[@kacywatson6314]

Magpies trying to save pigeon friend.

[@glebchudayeu8682]

No they are trying to eat the pigeon and take advantage of the food

[@patriotictwinsuk5758]

No, unfortunately they just want to eat the wood pigeon for themselves. They’re only making their bird call so more magpie’s come and over power the sparrow hawk. 😔

[@kacywatson6314]

@@patriotictwinsuk5758 so it’s like some sort of like Satanic ritual and they are going to sacrifice the hawk

[@johnburton2534]

Ho ho ho

[@kacywatson6314]

@@johnburton2534 I would actually celebrate the day that magpies successfully sacrifice a pigeon in order to summon the devil into the earthly realm

[@Jakov365]

Forgive the dove that I was not there!

[@Longbody1000]

Forgive the Dove? What for?

[@Jakov365]

@@Longbody1000 Forgive the dove that I was not there, and I could not help you.

[@silverwolf6669]

@@Jakov365 Help the dove from being killed?

[@Jakov365]

@@silverwolf6669 Yes!

[@Jakov365]

@@silverwolf6669 Why are you giving yourself three sixes? this is the mark of the antichrist! and on whom she will stand, he will be cursed and deleted from the book of life! Normal people run from this!

[@anzaeria]

Sometimes you just cannot enjoy your meal in peace.

[@someloli2212]

Such beautiful birds. My goodness.

[@user3141592635]

Pies are so intelligent, they even scare pigeons in front of cars, I have seen it myself. This pigeon got away, because I braked. On another occation, I saw two pies (most certainly a pair), chasing a big rat. They tried to attack it with their beaks, the rat counter-attacked with its teeth. No physical contact in the stride though, because the pies were so swift to hop back on the attacks. Eventually, the rat hid under a car and got away. Very interesting to watch. In their working, they did not pay much attention to me as a human, standing five meters away, they were busy :) I thought of helping them, killing the big rat, but when it dissapeared under a car, and my knowlede of the Mag-pies shyness, I decided to not bother and let it be to their own.

[@raintree3383]

I have never seen a rat in my life....they are very rare here in Alberta

[@user3141592635]

@@raintree3383 You should see the big ones, The tail is ten inches long and 3/8" thick at the base. Many lice they have, perhaps with pest-bacteria :), haha, at least in the old times. In Sweden, there were only the Black rats before the pest, wich came with the Brown rat and the Mongols. The rat have the funny Latin name of "mus maximus", haha.

[@user3141592635]

@@raintree3383 one one occation, I whacked one dead with my fishing rod. I had to replace the tip afterwards :) A perfect stroke behind the head. Like a light-switch in the position "OFF":) Now "Rat Out of Function"

[@raintree3383]

@@user3141592635 Thank you so much for replying.....I have a few stories too but I am so down and blue and depressed I cant really say anything...best wishes from Canada

[@MoanKnight]

The magpies be like: Hey sugar how are yo- ooo whatcha got there

[@edomin1148]

Pigeon: come on man, make up your mind. Either eat me or chase them.

[@matthewmartin9656]

That was so satisfying to watch. Yet another gem of a video that will go in the digital archive of this fascinating planet for eternity.

[@louaykachouane974]

the hawk : just let me kill this pigeon . and i will deal with you later

[@ikreator]

i really like your video...and an inspiration for me...thanks brother

[@blacksaiyantrevor]

Magpies: *Sidestep for your food*

[@philippayne6655]

Poor thing, constantly getting harassed. The sparrowhawk was too 😂

[@ivanwesteurope]

and your mother will be too

[@Anonymous-er7qx]

@@ivanwesteurope Wtf is your problem?

[@firstdondiego]

I saw a video of a sparrow hawk and another bird tackle each other, both trying to subdue the other to eat each other. Niether would give up until they were just too injured and exhausted to keep going.

[@funtervapes9941]

link

[@timmusumba5846]

What was the species of the other bird? Did they both die out of exhaustion?

[@patrickbrown8557]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6u0qZ6wmpqFgac Im guessing it might have been this? looks like the hawk bit off more than he could chew. Jackdaw really lets him have it in the end. Hope they didn't leave each other with mortal wounds.

[@irishmuscle7352]

Patrick Brown I just watched that video and thought the jackdaw was done for first but wow did he put up a fight and get vicious. The hawk seemed to be the worse off at the end.

[@VXGaming]

People seem to forget most birds eat meat.

[@LittleUniverse-5]

Both magpies were ex-member of "Birds Right Organization"

[@raynes6286]

Getting Fish-Friendly Sharks Club vibes, from the Finding Nemo film. “Fish are friends, not food”.

[@austin1839]

Yeah it's hard to enjoy your meal when a couple of deadbeats hassle you.

[@salseritoDC]

aaaaaaajajajaja, ok

[@HERRTORQUE]

​@@salseritoDC It must be SO BAD for your digestion having two scavengers harassing you whilst you're trying to enjoy your lunch.

[@salseritoDC]

@@HERRTORQUE jajjajajjaja. True!

[@ultimatechamp6909]

1:02 pigeons like. "yup in dead, blink blink"

[@StuffOffYouStuff]

that pullback shot at the end

[@lastpokemon]

The pigeon just switched her life off. some birds they can do that.

[@pablocasanola5687]

Those claws kills instantly , even if u try 2 save pigeon , it will die slowly

[@WildlifeBirdsUK]

I love this footage, as sad as it is for the pigeon. Nature can seem cruel but we all have ourselves and family to feed and if were not for the way we have evolved (most of us) we'd be out there trapping and killing to survive too. I would add that if you see this sort of thing NOT to intervene. The pigeon would probably still die anyway and the sparrowhawk remains hungry and will kill something else. As harsh as is it sounds when you may feel you are saving a bird, you are likely killing another. I'm amazed in all my times in woodland and seeing endless sparrowhawks and what's left of their kills, never to have witnessed it myself. Those magpies have to try I suppose but the sparrowhawk wasn't for letting go. I enjoyed this, well done for capturing it so well. ◕‿◕

[@Longbody1000]

Thank you. I agree we should not interfere with nature the Sparrowhawk kills to survive and who are my to stop that.

[@Dante-vf4sd]

We are part of nature, it is our individual choice to interfere or not and is neither right or wrong.

[@xc2451]

@@Dante-vf4sd I like your mindset

[@connormunro-flanagan8611]

@@Dante-vf4sd Except we are an invasive species, we are not a natural part of the majority of ecosystems

[@AllGlorytoGodMoojiJesusBuddha]

could throw food into the fight, maybe would have distracted them. action/inaction, same thing, question is, is it inspired/arising from a state of grace? when feeding wildlife, you could prevent competition and fighting by scattering the food, is that intervening? i donno what i'm talking about probably

[@gregorysagegreene]

Magpies: "Eat us! ?" Sparrowhawk: "Magpie taste yucky. Dove is mmm like chicken." Pigeon: "Almost dead. Soon ... relief."

[@togodbetheglory9725]

The hawk span their wings to protect its prey from the sun's rays

[@Nogravityyy]

to God be the glory Actually they spread their wings to keep other animals from seeing their prey so other animals don’t steal it

[@joshumon5681]

@@Nogravityyy its a joke don't be so serious about it...