Usually it is the owls paying a visit to osprey, eagles and other birds in the dark of night. Guess turn-about is fair play.

The Great Horned Owl looks at the Blue Jay like "it's a little to late for that warning call" 🤣

Oh my! That woke her up! Hope she & her babies are okay! 😳😮🦉💤🦅

I love Owls as much as anyone, but the Hawk wasn't being mean, it was just being a hawk.

@DragonbornCanid

2 жыл бұрын

well, we can still consider it mean! doesnt mean there should be consequences to the hawk or anything. But they were being kind of a dick 🤣

@frankmorse7929

2 жыл бұрын

@@DragonbornCanid not for nothing Great horned owls do not work hard & make nests, they try to steal the current nest or old nest of another large bird, heron, hawk, eagle etc. & AT NIGHT these owls, on silent feathers, sucker punch these other large birds& Raptors- so when this happens- the Hawk isn't being a dick- to protect her future nests & chick's in the future- she's just letting the owl know that " yo, I know you have a slight advantage at night but if you keep f*#$@! With Mr, my husband & my children at night, then in the daytime, as soon as possible, I will do everything I can to not only displace you & YOUR YOUNG, but I will also tear your head right off your shoulders." & yes folks- Red tails do overcome Ghos in the wild. It's on record. Eagles? They usually kill owls anyway so we don't need to go there

@mariarohmer2374

2 жыл бұрын

No duh. Doesn't make it pleasant to watch. It body slammed this owl. Vicious af. Poor Mama.

@MrCornCob99

Жыл бұрын

Oh please, like she hasn’t wiped out families of baby chicks before

@henthust9784

6 ай бұрын

I go for hawks, eagles and falcons, NEVER for owls.

😧😰Oh My God!! It was a brutal attack! I'm glad Mom owl wasn't hurt and soon came back to brood her owlet. I'm praying for their safety and health. 🙏🦉🐣🥚🙏 May God bless and protect them! 🙏🙏 Thanks for sharing. 😟😥❤️🦉🐣❤️🙏

@deborahhughes6923

2 жыл бұрын

Yes please protect them all.Love them all!🦉🦉🦉

@mariarohmer2374

2 жыл бұрын

It was awful. So sad! She was so tired and falling asleep. Literally could have killed her.

Wait 'til the osprey pair return from vacation. Things will get really lively when that happens.....

It is interesting to see this happen because the GHO seems like the ultimate predator-generally at night for many animals. I was first introduced to the GHO because of their attacks on the Bald Eagle nest of Harriet and M15. I hope she’s unharmed and can have some peace, she looked startled. I think you can hear the call of the Hawk after the attack.

That's a super BRAVE & FAST Hawk!! He needs to come to Atlanta & play for our basketball team!! We sure could use him & a few of his buddies!

I thought some comments on here were a little mean (because we love a mom & baby) but I did a bunch of reading and GHOs account for about 30% of red-tailed hawk chick deaths. I hadn't realized how much competition there was between the two birds in general, though it makes sense. I've been watching the nest cam for RTHs Big Red & Arthur on this channel for about 5 years and I love them too. Nature can be harsh but that's how it is. I'm so thankful to have the opportunity to watch them in a "natural" setting like this. Also glad I wasn't born a vole!

OMG poor mama owl sweetheart hope both are ok. aww.

OH MY GOODNESS!!! That was quite a smack!! She's on alert now!! Poor thing g was sleeping 😴 good!!💕🦉❤🦉

@Falconer710

2 жыл бұрын

You want to see what owls 🦉 do in the night to other birds of prey they will go out of there way to kill kestrels buzzards sparrow hawks etc etc in the dark of night 💥

@sherrywebber4013

2 жыл бұрын

@@Falconer710 😢😢😥😭

Wow! That hit made me jump. So glad owlet wasn't hurt and we got to see it. With that hawk around, I hope mom doesn't have to leave the nest for food. Hope dad is doing a lot of hunting.

I promise you that owl has given as good as he got.

Woah! That was scary.

I have some Great Horned Owls, Red Tailed Hawks, and Broad Wing Hawks in my back yard forest. I used to have a bunch of cottontail rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels, song birds around but they're now all gone after the Owls and Hawks showed up. One time I saw an Owl eating one of the cottontails that used to feed in my backyard for over a year.

I saw this and commented on the other post! I thought it was another owl. What I don’t understand is why she didn’t hear the hawk - I thought they are supposed to have impeccable hearing! So worried for the two of them. That was insane to watch🦉

@beadladee

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I think hawks are stealthy quite.

@quercus4730

2 жыл бұрын

@@beadladee True, and so are owls.

@frankmorse7929

2 жыл бұрын

@quercus Again, true, but so are seasoned, formidable and agile adult Red Tailed Hawks.

@beadladee

2 жыл бұрын

@@quercus4730 I just had one swoop down 8 ft from me to almost get a chicken. I didn’t have a clue it was coming. The whole thing was quite.

Is there a dad to help protect them?

My boy got the villa at the ritz of a nest here god dang

Cute hoots at the end!

Owl was looking like; what the hell was that?

Oh my gosh that was intense!!!

Wow, they were both very lucky!

Wow!!!😮 We are going to have a BIG headache! 🤕

That woke me up too!

Whoaaaa.....even the king predator has to watch out

Watching often (live) since weeks, now i'm disturbed :(

At night it looks like the nest and mother owl are brightly illuminated. Does anyone know if there a light shining on them? Thanks,

Wow! Do the moderators have any idea what she was tracking right before she got hit? Perhaps another red tail?

Very interesting..... I would have thought mama owl will hear the incoming of the hawk.... but it's good that mama owl is unharmed and owlet is safe.

Nature is hard. For every animal.

Mamma owl has the ultimate WTF look...

whoa!

Wo to that hawk if they meet in the night

I never knew so much fluff could be an effective armor.

Oh dear 😮

The GHOW might just as easily do that to red--tailed hawk on a nest if eggs haven't been laid yet. That is huge nest too. I'll bet it is an old bald eagle nest.

OH man! She is going to tell!

The hawk must know there’s a baby for it to attack. It definitely wouldn’t try to eat the adult GHO. GHO are top of the food chain for a reason.

@frankmorse7929

2 жыл бұрын

Don't get it twisted, adult Eagles, Goshawks and Red tails are on record killing ghos. I have photos of a red killing an adult female gho. & no, they are not on top of the food chain. Ghos sometimes figure into the menu of Golden & Bald eagles. & many species of owls are on the menu of many other Raptor/ hawk species.

When they attack M15, we "hate" them GHO, but when they're attacked by hawks, it's a different story. Poor mama, and her owlet seems really cute. ^^

Between the eagles and the hawks, I’m worried for this owl family. I bet mom never sleeps. How did that hawk sneak up like that?

@mikehalahan104

2 жыл бұрын

Dominica--owls are nite time Predators and sleep during the day--From the R T hawk side, it has all the advantage---chosing when to attacking a sleeping owl

@MinnieH

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikehalahan104 yes I know they’re nocturnal 😜 perhaps the owls will have their revenge come nightfall.

@MinnieH

2 жыл бұрын

@@loveall3890 yes I know owls are predators, but that doesn’t make me care less about them when seeing a video like this. Keep moving, troll.

Poor thing! She looks to be saying, What was that????

Oh no!! Nature can be so mean 😔 Thankfully everyone is 👍

😩😩😩😩😢😭🥺🥺🥺I hope there ok

That was so hard to watch

I watched this the other day and noticed that her left eye has dilated after the strike. This will return to normal, but it was interesting to see. I had to come back to watch this again to see if I was correct in what I thought I had seen. She is fine.... I just watched a mob of crows sounding off over her nest, she wasn't bothered a bit.

@frankmorse7929

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this time, but she was dealt a stunning blow. Adult Reds are nothing to mess around with either.

@robinnichols

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about this, thanks

@aq9714

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankmorse7929 I was once working in a woodland and someone flew right by my head. It was a female Red-tailed Hawk, I left the woods and on the way out I saw the nest. I waited 4 weeks before I went back in to finish the job. I felt her breeze going by my head and that is what she wanted me to feel!

Where is her mate?

I think the hawk was after the rodent laying next to the owl. Also, what is wrong with the owl's left pupil?

The can't fade the great one

Did anyone get the license number of that car that just hit me and my kid? Geez just trying to nap and can never be spared...

That smack came really quick. I'm guess this was once the best of the hawk and GHO usually take them over when they're abandoned

Poor MAMA😱😱😱

For everyone that are hoping if she’s ok. She’s definitely ok. Hopefully that Hawk is ok because They’re going to hunt that Hawk until it’s dead because Owls are very territorial and having that type of threat is something for them to resolve that solution at night. I’ve worked at a Raptor Sanctuary, and for sure every Raptor are terrified of Owls. Owls are known to kill Hawks and Eagles.

They have the same behavior with falcons at night

This is just crazy to watch!

So a Hawk was brought to the nest as food last night, I wonder if it was this Red-tailed Hawk? lol

@kigut7443

2 жыл бұрын

unfortunately no! no red feathers, only brown. but i had the same thought!

@aq9714

2 жыл бұрын

@@kigut7443 I have since learned it was a Barred Owl. It does not matter in my mind though, as everyone has to eat in and feed their young.

It could have been the hawks nest originally. One on one, a great horned owl has little to fear from a hawk. She can handle herself well if she needs to. She was just taken by surprise.

@DoubleDogDare54

2 жыл бұрын

This nest has been occupied by osprey for a number of years and they should be returning fairly soon as this nest starts earlier than the northern ones. Needless to say, Mr. & Mrs. Osprey will NOT be amused to find a GHO parked in their nest.

@mikehalahan104

2 жыл бұрын

Agree with Leo's comment--unless hawk gets in a lucky Talon hit on the face or wing component--Mom owl just got her sleep interrupted --Same thing at SWFL and Eagles there--a Female GHO weighs 5 lbs Tops and smacks into M 15 who outweighs her by 2:1 and outsizes her by almost 3: 1 Mom owl is doing what she should --Protecting her two young Hatchlings.

@frankmorse7929

2 жыл бұрын

Don't get it twisted. One on one in daylight, any adult gho, male or female has plenty to fear from an attack from an angry, seasoned and formidable adult Red Tail, especially a female. Almost as powerful and much much faster, Red tails don't rely on silent feathers for a single pounce from behind at night, Red tails are true fighters and will attack, fight and kill. Adult Red tails, Goshawks, Osp, Ferruginous, Golden and Bald eagles are all on record killing adult Ghos. It goes both ways. This big Red Tail just gave thus owl an attention getting stoop and still the power from that alone damn near knocked that owl back something fierce.

@DoubleDogDare54

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankmorse7929 Watched plenty of juvenile osprey end up owlet lunch of the years. GHOs and BEs quickly wipe out entire osprey nests.

@kara.l6168

2 жыл бұрын

I think the osprey that lived here got killed by a raven??

That hit made me jump, it was a brutal attack, poor owl she looks confused ''what was that!?" said the mama owl.

why did the hawk attack the owl?

@sherrywebber4013

2 жыл бұрын

It's in the description above. They said they think it's territorial more than trying to get a meal. They list the predators that owlets DO fall prey to. 😃😄💕

@zhaydiyvonni3033

2 жыл бұрын

Hangry hawk 😔😳😵😮🦉💤🦅

@sherrywebber4013

2 жыл бұрын

@Fuzzy Knuckle 🤣😂🤣👍👍

Cracks me up. " oh poor owl, that hawk nearly tore the owls head off".. Like the owl doesn't do this to other daytime raptors at night- often too... This owl is getting a taste of it's own medicine. It would have been even worse had it been a bald or better yet- A golden eagle.

Just relaxing & doing her thing and . . . Pow!

😱🐣 🤗

All I am wondering is why the hawk/owl attacked this mama owl. He didn't continue his raid. So he didn't do that for food. Is it just for fun? A teasing? Being naughty?

@kigut7443

2 жыл бұрын

territory! great horned owl is threatening

Ouch! 😔 I hope that hawk has a bad memory!!

I like hawks and owls

A bit of real time info has not been inserted here for all of you folks. GHOs rely on attacking prey- including dangerous prey such as other raotors. however Other raptors such as Red taied hawks, Ospreys, adult Goshawks, ferruginous hawks as well as a few others are all documented killing a gho.

Omg are they ok?? When I saw that lil baby I literally died !! Soooooo adorable why would that hawk do that!!!!

@num1hendrickfan

2 жыл бұрын

Territorial dispute. The Hawk feels the Great Horned Owls are a little to close as neighbors. Raptors are very territorial, with any intrusion being met with swift attacks.

@mikehalahan104

2 жыл бұрын

As the comment below noted--Territorial Dispute--It's a brutal part of nature--We don't know if the owls come around at Nite and attack the hawks nest--we see only a small part of what's going on in this situation.

the hawk may be the rightful owner of this nest....it just came to try to take it back I guess. Owls are squatters.

Holy crap, that made me jump so bad, i dropped my phone. Don't know why I thought I'd of had a warning? That was worse than being scared @ a horror movie. I'm glad to see the owl is ok & yes it's just a hawk being a hawk, but there's a baby so I'm glad the hawk didn't win this one.

@KingLouisDaSaint

2 жыл бұрын

You ok, Karen?

That was awful to watch. Poor Mama! I'm usually Team Red Tail but NO. How dare you, RH. How dare you body slam this poor tired Mama. Nature is not cool when it's like this.

😲Qué golpe le ha metido

Uaau! Que susto! Ainda bem que tudo acabou bem! Desta vez...

Maybe there will be a time when nature is different and these poor mommies can enjoy raising their young.

@tdowell8615

2 жыл бұрын

Raising a killer.

Какие жестокие законы у природы...

Glad she’s ok. GHO attack bald eagles all the time.

@frankmorse7929

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, sucker punched from behind at night on silent feathers, but when the eagle catches the owl, it's a wrap.

Hawks are a pain in the azz and need tending too. Warn them they die If they get close to your yard critters

🧐😠😠😠😠

What a hit, that was an incredibly brave hawk or very stupid one to attack a GHO, hope mom & baby ok

@frankmorse7929

2 жыл бұрын

Why? Very intelligent hawk. Adult Red Tails are nothing to mess around with either and certainly are capable of harming the owl.

@pebbie4786

2 жыл бұрын

The stupid remark was aimed at the act, not intellect, the reason being the GHO's mate was surely perched nearby & could of gone after the hawk. My choice of words could of been better.

Nice to see paybacks... the owls in the Florida area moved into the territory of Bald Eagles Harriet and M15 and have been annoying them for awhile mainly getting M15 at night. They even have the nerve to attack the Eagles even though they are using the secondary nest of those Eagles....No gratitude at all. lol

I’d love to slap that hawk, leave my gals alone😡 grrrrr

Wow talk about with one eye open , mama owl was on him like lightening no way he was getting any of he babies ,what a great mother not like some of the all day pajama and slipper wearing ones I see around these days driving or walking to the drops or school even collecting the kids from school dressed like that ,,ahh come on FFS do they then sleep in those same PJ'S as well after making the dinner and washing the clothes an house in them or do they have in door and out door PJ's ,maybe it's me I'm 46 now maybe I just don't get the trend the young kids have these days ,maybe their the new trend setters like the beetles did with their hair cuts I'm the 50s ,these mainly young women not changing their clothes they slept in and taking the kids im to and from school whilst popping in doing a bit of shopping in aldi with the oul winnie the poo slippers on ,their just being new age rebels and I bet their personnel hygiene is emmuculate its just the clothes style sorry pajamas style I mean il have to stop getting it wrong , but we live in a world now where the old saying "Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt" can actually be "bobs your uncle and Fanny's your uncle now last year she was your auny" or "bobs your aunt and Fanny's non binary so today's she your aunt ,be make sure ask her next time you see her because she might be your uncle that day "...were all F%@ked

I hope the hawk come not back. I wish a friedly life.

@maryelizabeth8272

2 жыл бұрын

why is it that NO ONE has recorded when these owlets hatched--isn't that important to know?!!!!!!!!