Viewer Discretion Advised: Great Horned Owl attacks little Peregrine Falcons ~ 06-06-2020

VIEWER RESTRICTION: raw footage of an owl attacks little falcons.
00:00 Attack 1: GHO took eyeass male (Floyd)
01:13 Slo mo
01:32 Attack 1 on NB cam
02:43 Attack 2: GHO tries to get eyass female (Elise), unsuccesfully
03:05 Slo mo
03:44 Attack 2 on NB cam
Parent in nestbox is the female, Nova. She is seen after the last attacks and seems doing fine.
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[@begstok]

Falcon to other birds in daylight: I am your death fear me. The owl: And I am your nightmare.

[@jj007104]

funny

[@VarinderSingh-hy9fu]

Absolutely right 👍

[@alecnguyen838]

She screaming at that other baby bird and the baby looks like its thinking wtf I didnt do it lol

[@DemonTime08]

It can't see at night that's why the owl is seeing clearly but she grabbed the baby thinking it was the intruder nothing she could do about this though great horns way too strong it will keep returning

[@zosmanovic9763]

hahaha

[@justsomeguythatwantssometh9986]

Also the Owl flaps its wings silentlyz. thats why the falcon was completely powerless.

[@aaronconway117]

Nah, the owl grabbed one of her babies. That's why she is screaming.

[@taiwanfocus4385]

It seems it took a while for the mother falcon to realize what happened. Even in the second attack, the mother took a while to respond.

[@Chris-hp9be]

Wow, even falcons are just as helpless as chickens at night

[@aldendiaz1165]

That's why peregrine falcons always attack horned owls whenever they spot them during the day and will not stop chasing them until get away from their sight. You will always notice this but peregrine flacon always choose to attack the horned owl first over it's prey if it goes out to hunt. They both are rival birds.

[@couchrider6228]

True just as Crows will attack a Red tail Hawk the Hawk will raid the Crows nest taking their chicks.

[@sheeparebillygoats7221]

@@couchrider6228 see this so much.

[@jessegrove5456]

Many species of birds do this. Get the owl away when you can, it gets bonus stats at night

[@rogerbock7300]

And I've seen crows take baby robins out of a Robin's nest. Birds do what they need to survive.

[@cultofmalgus1310]

Owls: For too long we have been oppressed during the daylight by the falcons! Tonight we RISE UP!

[@Javier636]

You've been watching too many movies...

[@DrRiddlez2015]

GHO were never oppressed by falcons, it's the other way around...falcons have been on the menu for millions of years

[@assasingamerz691]

Something not to say to falcon lovers like me 😂

[@austin1839]

I've watched this nest for 2 years now and it is without a doubt the poorest design possible considering the GHO is ever present and a threat. None of the chicks survived and most likely won't next season.

[@mehboobkm2018]

@Metal8Ball I think a warning sign would suffice, like no tresspasser at night allowed. Most of them would turn away.

[@justsomeguythatwantssometh9986]

Falcons: *You can't sleep, there are monsters nearby.*

[@RuffisInc]

Really interesting actually. Good on the mother for putting up such a fight more or less blind, that baby must’ve been absolutely terrified at the end though...

[@vincezito3547]

The problem for the falcons is they are blind and dealing with the night demon. I always can tell there's an owl around when the local crows make a ruckus. They are smart enough to know to drive owls far away from their roost

[@anoh2689]

Can Crows see at night too ?

[@thedarklord573]

@@anoh2689 probably not as good… but crows have something owls don’t: intelligence

[@marian93370]

@Charming Chowder actually compared to a crow, no

[@levimiller7642]

Ya know sometimes I feel bad for different animals getting attacked or ate but then I remember that they did the exact same thing for their food

[@-TheMaskedMan-]

Just like humans. Only difference is that we are at the top of the food chain so a lot less to worry about. Be thankful that you are human right now. Can’t say what happens after death though so anything goes🤷‍♂️.

[@vivalabad6]

Owls are truly 100% silent. I had one swoop down while I was behind a big tree fishing, and it grabbed my lure as I was retrieving it mid-air on the bank of the river. Never heard a thing, scared the crap out of me!

[@couchrider6228]

I hear you. Have had GHO swoop at me several times about dusk one evening. Big fast silent quite a surprise.

[@mikecunningham6154]

It could have been a flying fish.

[@begstok]

At 1:49 The chick was like: Mom stop you are scaring me more than that owl

[@gustavaserrado3752]

The parent wasn't letting this one get taken away, willing to fight to the death to protect her only baby.

[@moonluna5099]

Owl:i will just take your baby Falcon:HUHHHH WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

[@2EverythingOutdoors]

Dang! That was intense!

[@aerialtaprootanalysis6117]

5:38 that poor baby looks so scared and traumatized, nature be scary

[@alessandrotavoliere5256]

Will die too, the owl will return to get whole prize

[@thewitchfindergeneral4015]

DAMN NATURE, YOU SCARY

[@GamerdevilPro]

We need to keep in mind that the falcons probably didn't see anything considering that the adult attacked its own brood after the owl already flew off with one. That being said a falcon is no match for an Owl that size regardless.

[@claudiosaccordlife2110]

I think it's trying to save by grabbing it

[@carharttmedios8493]

you are right at night owl can take advantage they even attack eagles

[@rlvsun]

What are you talking about. The owl took one chick, and then came back for another and the mother falcon rejected him...

[@Rivenburg-xd5yf]

it just freaked out. lost its mind.

[@jlee4768]

Or she could be holding onto her so she doesn't get snatched 🤷

[@favorites51066]

Hardcore.. just when you're thinking you are having a bad day..... Watch this video!. Your day is no longer bad in comparison to this Falcon family!

[@SwordOfTheSpirit-I-]

Yeah but it was a good night for the owl and its family!

[@jojyjohn7496]

Even falcons are not innocent kid they destroy parrot nd pigeon daily

[@yussss4639]

@@jojyjohn7496 sometimes falcons attack owls too during the day. I am gonna say poetic justice

[@quailjailss]

KZbin did me wrong with my suggestions for today lol

[@galaxydeathskrill5607]

Yep

[@pinacolada1393]

😂

[@shidaonline]

I wonder that great horned owl took benefit from his ability to looking in dark and the falcon confuse in dark can't watch attacker.

[@Angelaius]

Falcon does see night

[@V..X..]

@@Angelaius no

[@KenKaneki62851]

Damn. 😱 The peregrine can’t see well at night. Owl took out the whole nest on the second trip

[@slizniakzrenic228zrn9]

Read descriptipn, everyonr of the falcons was okay, except 1 chick, for the whole season 🧐

[@hanginon1293]

@@slizniakzrenic228zrn9 So was the Owl eating or just wanting to kill?

[@soulkiller12]

What happened to the mother in the end?

[@archie7288]

Owl at night : - up to 100% vision - invisible

[@desertmaverick7567]

Hey, don't worry kids, remember, I'm right "behind you"! W \0/ W!

[@kevinholcomb292]

@eagle cam - did the parent come back? what happened after???

[@dtro5853]

The mother screaming hurts my heart. This must be horrific for her and the babies. Nature is very cruel.

[@frankrobinson3308]

There has to be a small door opening so the parent can block intruders.

[@azeemshahidmuhammad8199]

Why not add door staff too 😉

[@haha-eg8fj]

Well the mother can stand at the front to block the inteuders but she chose to stay behind and left her baby as the easy target.

[@tariacuri559]

We can put a bathtub and kitchen if you want to no problem.

[@thedarklord573]

Backstory: Mama Falcon was just telling her chicks a story about how bad little birdies get taken away at night by the big bad KrampusOwl. Just saying his name summoned him. RIP

[@jagruknagrik1690]

All other birds in that area must be Happy.

[@rigopogr2113]

Owl the Dark Knight 🦉

[@mrdrummer7600]

That remaining chick gonna have some serious PTSD

[@cliffbot638]

It came back and took her

[@LotusFlower420]

@@cliffbot638 😭

[@alanb8884]

Nice work on the editing. SCIENCE!

[@piranhaplantX]

Oof - you can tell they're functionally blind right now, with the amount of friendly fire going on here.

[@emily-ws4wv]

the last bird at the end :( that just sat there waiting, that part made me sad

[@dan_6915]

Life is frickin scary especially at night when demons come out. One minute you're alive, the next one you could be someone's food.

[@bobbyg7102]

That was the mother and she got away. Read the description.

[@freddiecordova4343]

@@bobbyg7102 that was not mother that a baby chick

[@jamesaron1967]

@@bobbyg7102 Wonder if it came back for the last chick another night? Would have been great if the description mentioned whether there were subsequent attacks.

[@jeanjacquesrousseau1955]

@@dan_6915 There are no demons. The hawk attacks and kills other animals during daytime. So it is just nature. Some specially for day some for night.

[@shantor100]

The falcon attacked it's own Chic for a minute then realized. Can't believe that owl came back for the second. It won't give up and will probably be back

[@o.g.dominus]

Seems falcons have poor night vision. Nevertheless, the second chick even put up more fight than the adult.

[@ScarlettM]

Did the chick die afterwards? Having seen an owl's claws and what they can do, those few seconds in owl's grasp probably sealed the fate.

[@shannonjefferson874]

Family guy- damn nature you scary😂😂😂

[@vermicelledecheval5219]

GHO to peregrine falcon : For all the birds you've killed in a ruthless manner, sometime eaten alive... Feel their pain...🦉💀

[@lordvonmanor6915]

That one bird was screaming "You got me all fk'ed up!"

[@alanamaria1003]

I think the mother thought that the owl would take the one by her so she grabbed that one but the owl took the other one and she probably realized it when the other baby was gone and she started squawking crazy because it took her baby.

[@mimosa27]

Our nervous system is wired like theirs. The mother falcon knows that something tragic just happened and that everything has changed, though she couldn't have seen it. She knows that something is gone, and that she just went through a terrifying ordeal. It's that painful rush of electrical frenzy within nerves that comes after a shock. The natural reaction is to scream and scream and scream.

[@Rutherford_Inchworm_III]

Absolutely hilarious anthropomorphizing. The falcon is screaming for it's mate to come back and help defend the nest. Do you write fanfiction by chance? Just curious.

[@slizniakzrenic228zrn9]

No. The screaming is only to intimidate and to scare off the intruder. That is what screams are for.

[@agl1138]

Sorry, you were doing ok until introduced words like 'tragic' and 'ordeal'. These are human emotional constructs and there is no evidence to suggest Falcon's experience them. And even if they do, who cares? Falcons are not vegetarians. Their offspring have no right not to be eaten

[@abeedhal6519]

No, she's not gonna sit around and be sad about her missing kids a year later. Just build a new nest and poop out some eggs.

[@dragunovnog1488]

lmao

[@falatpw]

Owls are known as some of the most ruthless flying avians.

[@Thedarkrainbow356]

Owls and all those night hunters are so underestimated, they're the true silent force that regulates all smaller species of vertebrates 🤩

[@pinacolada1393]

Owls & Squid are some of my favorite creatures.

[@couchrider6228]

@@pinacolada1393 They are both very interesting.I too am intrigued by the both of them. Squid shows it has superior intelligence and is quite a powerful advocacy. I’ve seen Whales with huge scars on their faces caused by feeding on large squid.

[@ragingtomato04]

@@pinacolada1393 yah favorite animal and favorite food 😂

[@lordbyron3603]

Great video

[@aland.3728]

We have severalGHO🦉s on our property. Haven’t seen a squirrel or mouse in years. They truly do help keep overpopulation of certain species down.

[@sleeves1235]

Did the owl take the mother on the second attack ? I wasn't sure ?

[@michaelmd9912]

Hello. Awesome video here that captures nature. I do not have a background in ornithology. Is this nighttime such that only the owl could see?

[@caiuscosades362]

Yeah its a key weakness when it comes to hawks vs owls besides size.

[@judenprime4601]

Yea, they could both see but the owl sees much, much, better. That's why the falcon attacked it's own baby, but during the day the tables turn. The owl shown wouldn't need to worry about a falcon attacking, but hawks and eagles will attack the nest just like the owl if they can find it.

[@michaelrosspearson9756]

Michaelmd. yes in nature falcons do carpentry courses in how to make their own nest boxes. Nature, natural, it is not.

[@DemonTime08]

Yeah those Falcons couldn't see a damn thing and the owl was seeing perfectly most likely the owl will kill all of them the mother may have even abandoned the nest and just will have to raise some more brood

[@Leopold5100]

oh, of course, video makes much more sense now

[@UnforSeen]

Did the mother ever return, or did the Owl win that battle also?

[@f50koenigg]

Read the description

[@jonroth9656]

Wait until daylight when the falcon's vision is superior. Baby, great horned owls will be visited by death.

[@wflyer7985]

Like Sonny Corleone said, “They hit us, so we hittem back.”

[@divisionflames516]

Bruh owls kill eagles at daylight and you saying a small falcon not much bigger than a pigeon can kill it?

[@nicoweinberg5370]

The attack two was way worse to watch! I feel so bad for that last baby all alone

[@galaxydeathskrill5607]

Me too. I think i read the mother came back tho

[@nicoweinberg5370]

@@galaxydeathskrill5607 Hopeffully

[@lisabunnie22960]

Nature is so heartbreaking. 😭

[@rajivmathur9794]

Sister We all are part of the nature

[@Hi.Im.Chucky]

Nature is so metal. 🤘

[@Anon_-oq5pk]

poor falcon momma.. 😥 she was so shookt.. she didnt expect that and crying like crazy..

[@hanginon1293]

She wasn't crying. She was screaming trying to drive the owl away. Dont think they feel emotion like that

[@V..X..]

@@hanginon1293 how do you know? Right you dont

[@jr7556]

There's always someone or something higher in the food chain...life goes on.

[@jollyyola]

Is it the same Nova which brutal eliminated Nina from this nest?

[@calvinevans8305]

The silent invisible nocturnal raptor, eats damn near any opportunistic prey.

[@JohnSmith-sw2zy]

This is why most owl babies get killed by other birds before they get large enough to become predators.

[@gullybop1695]

"Intruder alert!!!" "Intruder alert!!"

[@hotelalphawhiskeykilogrunt7925]

That damn owl is the Creeper from jeepers creepers lol

[@kathybradbury]

Looks like the falcon mother accidentally scewered the other chick in her distress. Did they both die?

[@miggybassfreak]

It’s crazy how animals are better parents than a lot of human ones.

[@slicaltimistic1]

An eye for a eye, and a beak for a beak.

[@sebastianvaudiau2024]

nature night vision is the owls strongest ability and it uses it well here

[@mindfulti1820]

Mothers in the world ! 🌎💔🙏🏽

[@a55tech]

What kinda night camera is that?

[@terrywbreedlove]

Owl has his Night sight Googles on. He Seal Teamed six them under cover of the night.

[@hera7884]

I’ve heard that sound at night before, thought it was a rabbit getting caught by a coyote or something

[@LolXD-io3yr]

THE WAY HE SCREAMED IN THE BEGINNING LIKE JESUS CHRIST

[@braddream77771234]

Is the a part 2 to this 🤔?

[@rollingaz]

this video hurts my heart. very sad

[@suryakumarsuryakumar5496]

Nice video

[@amariiah]

Poor family! 😿

[@CuriousOne31]

I wonder if the window/entrance to the box/bird nest were smaller, would it be as easy for predators to snatch their prey from these enclosures...?

[@thatelephant]

Well, that's nature.

[@hijodeyeshuah3567]

How terrifying is nature… it is heartbreaking but life is hard…

[@tessa9570]

So sad... what happens to the baby now? Will it die?

[@fweiss7810]

They are just sitting ducks in that box. Can the front not be raised so the owl has more or a difficult access

[@asianstud7]

Ahh the last chick Is all alone and vulnerable. I prey for her.

[@janemillerick9614]

I remember last year (a different female, the long time Michele) still here & the GHO managed to kill one of hers; didn’t get any. now that the GHO has this nestbox as a food source..? no longer safe for the falcon family..

[@naturalreach4316]

Interesting video

[@marcomartinez3263]

Ohhh no, so in the next video the owl comes back for the second one. 🙈🙉🙊🦉🦉🦉 those ding owls have the claws of a voulter

[@subscribetomeordie3259]

Holy moly it’s so loud

[@galaxydeathskrill5607]

Ikr, the 1st attack was like oof

[@ironix1]

Did the last chick survive?

[@nuka-fox-8972]

Moma was like u kno what I got talons to n you're on the menu now

[@couchrider6228]

Yeah the Owls menu he’ll kill her too given a good opportunity .

[@danial6109]

The falcons are only getting the the same medicine that they continuously are dosing out .

[@rayerscarpensael2300]

Falcons don t raid on bird nests. Their victims have a fair chance.

[@jesusmora9215]

@@rayerscarpensael2300 you may be right but.... nature is nature. And it doesn't know of fair situations and advantages or disadvantages.

[@Gmthekiller]

@@rayerscarpensael2300 f your video game bulls*it . This is real lifr

[@Jhorne84]

Damn that was intense! For the second attack the owl said screw it, I'm eating your baby IN FRONT OF YOU!!

[@brandonvillatuya9539]

This is like the plot of a movie. And the lone falcon chick is the protagonist

[@sndsergiu1212]

Did the mother survived?

[@jasecee8992]

What happened to the mother?

[@karlosraul5059]

the video description says she returned and is fine probably went for owl to attack him back

[@dangerdan2592]

She either couldn't see well enough in the dark to get back, was still chasing the owl (maybe not, since she doesn't have great night vision), or she was killed by the owl. I'm sure there are other possibilities, but I think those are likely.

[@Marinealver]

She lost her babies.

[@nbahellokitty7568]

Read description

[@puffer9013]

Read the description

[@scp-zp5vy]

But great horned owles are bigger and stronger so the mom couldn't protect all Edit: why the damn likes I don't need them

[@dannywildlife1930]

Gho : 1.4 kg Falcon 1.2 kg

[@mantia39]

....you seem nice....

[@eRacer314]

Dang...where is the male peregrine.?supposed to guard the nest??

[@shaunmcinnis1960]

Mother... Quick, hide in front of me kids..

[@yoshihitotakahashi1809]

Please attach Spark light which lights automatically against moving objects only in the night so that owls cannot open their eyes.

[@couchrider6228]

Probably the only way to slow attacks

[@mikedaflexta]

And here I am thinking that Owls only at tootsie roll pops

[@bryanneideffer6368]

Wear ear muffs or plugs while watching!

[@GrandDaddyCough]

I think your speakers are just broken

[@VagueOnDemand]

Most devices have volume control these days

[@sweetsroyale8100]

Or just turn the volume down.

[@anthonythorp7291]

Cousin had one nest in large spruce tree outside his window. Said incredibly noisy birds and ate every song bird in sight.

[@bryanneideffer6368]

“ sarcasm * * sarcasm *

[@tenzo6923]

Owl owns the night 🌙

[@davidviner5783]

Is that nest box suitable for the falcons? It seems to offer little protection from the front. Perhaps a glass screen can be installed to protect the chicks but enable viewing.

[@Butterfly-mt5ml]

Seriously? Lol How about they install plumbing so they can get a drink of clean water too? This is nature. Owl may have chicks that need to eat too. They've had successful years in this nest box and not successful years. That happens with every nest.

[@JustSomeGoy]

Viewer Discretion Advised, KZbin proceeds to autoplay while scrolling....

[@frankiepost2749]

This is heartbreaking

[@hamhockbeans]

Watch the video of a Falcon snatch two baby robins from their nest with no mother around. The third robins so scared it leaves the nest. So this is kinda what goes around comes around.

[@kingtrawal]

is starvation also heartbreaking?

[@matteofaiman3515]

Maybe the person who built the bird house can put bars between the opening