Red-tailed Hawk catching a Rat

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  • @xx-en4qx
    @xx-en4qx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +705

    The hawk immediately started looking for witnesses lmao

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Hahahahaha

    • @ouwuo5736
      @ouwuo5736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@jamesmccarthy7085 was this in new york? Lmao

    • @ouwuo5736
      @ouwuo5736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think its normal behavior

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@ouwuo5736 Massachusetts, Weymouth

    • @neilsbaker9790
      @neilsbaker9790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And tried to hide the evidence !

  • @pinkmoonjuice5158
    @pinkmoonjuice5158 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    A friendly reminder that no matter what kind of day you're having, it's not as bad as this rat's.

    • @mairafavela4954
      @mairafavela4954 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I very much agree, and I feel both happy for the hawk, but feel very sad for the rat too....

    • @QuadirBrown-xt7iv
      @QuadirBrown-xt7iv ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's a fact. 👍

    • @ALARGADORDECU
      @ALARGADORDECU ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mairafavela4954 fuxk the rat, i hate rats.

    • @Levi_Skardsen
      @Levi_Skardsen ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yes, it was. I'm posting this from a nest because some stupid giant eagle landed on me and carried me off.

    • @pinkmoonjuice5158
      @pinkmoonjuice5158 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Levi_Skardsen 😂

  • @mcfcDJ51
    @mcfcDJ51 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The amount of precision to go straight for the head while flying in the air just shows how incredible their eyesight is.

  • @william2001
    @william2001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The Hawk told the cameraman, "you didn't see nothing, got it" 😄😄

  • @tederickwebb2384
    @tederickwebb2384 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1912

    The Hawk is like YOU GOT THAT FOOTAGE RIGHT?😂😂😂

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Right! He also said thanks for feeding that rat

    • @harrismiller1948
      @harrismiller1948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Hawk: tell me you got that in slow motion right?

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@harrismiller1948 I wish… I didn’t think the Hawk was looking for breakfast at the time.

    • @gonzr2012
      @gonzr2012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      🤣 damn that was a great catch! The Hawk didn't do a bad job either!!😆😂

    • @harrismiller1948
      @harrismiller1948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jamesmccarthy7085 👍

  • @MalaYLoca
    @MalaYLoca 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1065

    Lol I like how the hawk is like “shh shh shh, stop resisting …stop resisting….it’s gonna be all over soon” 😂😂

    • @tm8844
      @tm8844 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      😂

    • @bigbenji__
      @bigbenji__ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      This the comment I was looking for🤣🤣

    • @albertgaines9944
      @albertgaines9944 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      its like ma the more he moves the more he tightens his grip also I like how they cover them to calm them

    • @onlyrog5
      @onlyrog5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This was the comment I was looking for. That hawk has a history of violence! 😁

    • @oaktree1626
      @oaktree1626 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Definitely was doing his Jack Bauer

  • @renatobuchert7879
    @renatobuchert7879 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Love how hawks look around as they're killing something with their talons, like, "What? I didn't do anything."

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That Hawk wasn’t going to lose that kill

    • @intheredcold9216
      @intheredcold9216 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Its vulnerable to attack on the ground.

    • @MrAndrewFarrow
      @MrAndrewFarrow ปีที่แล้ว

      @@intheredcold9216by whom?

    • @intheredcold9216
      @intheredcold9216 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MrAndrewFarrow By anything just about... in urban settings cats, dogs, vehicles etc. There's a video showing a hawk swooping into a field and grabbing a rabbit who started screaming. A frickin doe ran up and stomped the shit out of it. I've see vid of barnyard animals going after raptors when they swoop down to grab a chicken. So yeah, he's looking around for potential attack bcz he's not great at running away.

    • @glennlilley8608
      @glennlilley8608 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@MrAndrewFarrow what?
      All wild animals keep an eye out for danger, otherwise they die!
      Have you ever watched creatures in the wild?

  • @supafrogg258
    @supafrogg258 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Congrats! By chance, you timed it perfectly! Once as a kid riding my bicycle, I happened to look up to the sky, in time to see a soaring hawk tuck it's wings, go into a power dive, and in one continuous motion, swoop to the ground, and fly off with something tailed in it's talons!

    • @stevescuba1978
      @stevescuba1978 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Similarly, I was forced to run 3 miles one day while in the Air Force. While jogging, I happened to look up just in time to see a perigrine falcon smack a pigeon in mid-air. They tumbled for a second or so, then the falcon flew over to the ground nearby and finished the deal. So cool!

  • @rickylandry9979
    @rickylandry9979 2 ปีที่แล้ว +718

    Important reminder to not put out rat and mice poison. Nearly every raptor species is vulnerable to rodenticide poisoning, from Eastern Screech-Owls to Red-tailed Hawks. It’s very common and is killing off a lot of birds.

    • @harrisonbrand8985
      @harrisonbrand8985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      just commented the same thing🙏🏻

    • @Lakers0olll
      @Lakers0olll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Yup, my cat died from eating a rat that was poisoned.

    • @carriebristow302
      @carriebristow302 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      THIS 💯‼️

    • @King_Rematch
      @King_Rematch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Old school mouse traps over here💪🏽

    • @presidenttnediserp428
      @presidenttnediserp428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      You got our attention to say all of that but didn't suggest any safer/ more humane alternatives?!

  • @robinleebraun7739
    @robinleebraun7739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +620

    Kinda wish there were a lot more of these birds in the city.

    • @guesswho6034
      @guesswho6034 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      The city was forced upon the hawk.

    • @stuartfury3390
      @stuartfury3390 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Leave the city

    • @joefleezymarquez6122
      @joefleezymarquez6122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Here in Denver they are everywhere

    • @nenej12
      @nenej12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I saw one the other day in the Bronx

    • @joefleezymarquez6122
      @joefleezymarquez6122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      There are 2 bald eagles in my Lumber yard

  • @stevensanchez330
    @stevensanchez330 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    So crazy how the hawk knows it’s claws abilities and how powerful they are that it doesn’t worry about the prey getting away it just naturally focuses on seeing if there are any other predators trying to steal it from him/her. That’s why they look around so much lol

    • @mr.d9989
      @mr.d9989 ปีที่แล้ว

      They r talons, not exactly the same as claws. They work like a ratchet. There is nothing the rat can do except die

    • @briansmith5469
      @briansmith5469 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And the more the prey moves the deeper the talons sink in.

    • @simplysaying7235
      @simplysaying7235 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The hawk was practicing situational awareness to make sure it wasn't going to get smoked like that rat... He was patient enough to postpone lunch for a few minutes just to be safe

  • @muffintop420
    @muffintop420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Wow great video and good job filming. It's amazing how some wildlife has adapted to urban life.

    • @beekind6267
      @beekind6267 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wish NY could release a kettle of hawks and just let them hv a field day...if that's at all possible. The rat situation is horrendous there.

  • @michaelmerrit1601
    @michaelmerrit1601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Let the hawk catch the rats. NYC needs more of this

    • @jk-gn2fu
      @jk-gn2fu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Light-weighted babies: 🥲

    • @TruckTaxiMoveIt
      @TruckTaxiMoveIt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hawks turn into pigeons when you feed them

    • @colin20cal
      @colin20cal 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree, but we need to stop using poisons to control the rats. Rats eat poison, raptors find easy target ie poisoned rat, raptor either easy rat and dies or takes rat back to nest to feed babies and they die of rat poison. This happened to the hawks around Central Park (NYC).

    • @calypsohandjack9278
      @calypsohandjack9278 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Cool it with the anti semetic remarks.

    • @michaelmerrit1601
      @michaelmerrit1601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@calypsohandjack9278 I’m literally talking about hawks and rats as shown in the video. You are applying your anti semetic views to my words. Nice try

  • @mcfrisko834
    @mcfrisko834 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    0:12 😂 Hawk like "🙂Yo just chill chiiiiill don't try to run I'm just tryna talk ..."

  • @dannyc1657
    @dannyc1657 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love how the hawk looks at the guy behind the camera and is like” hey bro.. I’m coming for you next!!”😂😂😂

  • @projectx5154
    @projectx5154 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So fucking badass. I like how rat is the least of his concerns but instead he secures it and checks for surroundings

  • @robertdaniels-lane7321
    @robertdaniels-lane7321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    “You didn’t see anything, human. Carry on…But did you see that takedown, human? Pretty impressive wasn’t it?”
    🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @yulboothe4540
    @yulboothe4540 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Love how he was looking around after he got it like "u see what I just did to this rat? Now who else want some?!!"

  • @kerstieamiya4880
    @kerstieamiya4880 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The hawks like “Nothin to see here..SHHHHH..GO TO SLEEP!!! Ahem..la la la nothing to see here bro” 💀

  • @vintagefly6354
    @vintagefly6354 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hawk looking around like he trying to make sure the police ain't coming.

  • @The_Defiant_One
    @The_Defiant_One 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    _"Hey nosy, get your own rat!"_
    - *Hawk*

  • @KillSwitch1094
    @KillSwitch1094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Hawk to the rat: “You’re lucky there’s a witness around.”
    Then proceeds to play it off like you aren’t witnessing a murder on camera 😂

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hahahaha

    • @paradiseofaden6570
      @paradiseofaden6570 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      the hawk even tried to hide behind the bushes but that didn't help either 😂😂

    • @preyor72
      @preyor72 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol 😆

  • @birdenthusiast2095
    @birdenthusiast2095 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I’m a bird lover, but I do feel sorry for the rat. 😢

    • @milesaway3699
      @milesaway3699 ปีที่แล้ว

      We have 3 pet rats😢😢😢But I get the whole circle of life thing.

    • @bmizzle1074
      @bmizzle1074 ปีที่แล้ว

      The rat is keeping the bird alive so that you can keep seeing what you love I guess 🙄

    • @thewho5786
      @thewho5786 ปีที่แล้ว

      That bird doesn't eat vegetables and fruits. If it doesn't it meat it will die.

  • @leevieira5083
    @leevieira5083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Hawk: “IT’S OKAY, IT’S OKAY… I JUST WANNA *TALK* TO HIM!!”

  • @AnastasiaBeaverhousn
    @AnastasiaBeaverhousn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    WOW, that's an awesome catch for you BOTH!!! 🤣🤣❤️

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Thank you. Just right place at the right time

    • @AshickonYT
      @AshickonYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@jamesmccarthy7085 can't say the same about the rat 💀

    • @carlobrigante4764
      @carlobrigante4764 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That is a very cool sighting. Can I ask where at I'm just curious

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@carlobrigante4764 at a McDonald’s parking lot

    • @windtalker4191
      @windtalker4191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jamesmccarthy7085 Ha, the rat probably just finished eating before it became a meal.

  • @Vikingr4Jesus5919
    @Vikingr4Jesus5919 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hawk: "Hey, make it look like a struggle, rat. A man is filming, and I wanna show off my strong claws for the ladies."
    Rat: "Justfinishmealreadyyoutwat!!"

  • @TrainMan2004
    @TrainMan2004 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was just awesome!!! A spectacle of nature rarely anyone gets to see firsthand!!!👍👍👍👍👍 These are truly majestic birds!!!!

  • @xicorimpedance9020
    @xicorimpedance9020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    That rat has some serious strength to be able to move that hawk around 😂

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Right

    • @darrylb9228
      @darrylb9228 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      It is fighting for its life 😂

    • @lilrara1291
      @lilrara1291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Birds are pretty light in the bones,and you know the rats move dangerous

    • @thefreshprinceofnohair9703
      @thefreshprinceofnohair9703 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Birds are strong but also very light.

    • @Khultan
      @Khultan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      IT DOESN'T MATTER, ALL THAT STRUGGLING PROVED NOTHING.

  • @gregthegroove
    @gregthegroove 2 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Look how smart the hawk is by sticking the rat up against the curb so it can’t escape. Incredible

    • @Itsnotavailable
      @Itsnotavailable 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i was seeing and the rodent ran to the right and if it would of ran fast to left on that concrete pillar maybe the hawk would of fly into the concrete and crash.

    • @CbrF4i600cc
      @CbrF4i600cc ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You like making up stuff to make the animal look smart? The hawk didn't put against curb

    • @randomkinkajou5747
      @randomkinkajou5747 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It didn't. It was hunting and that just so happened to occur.

    • @MrMaboboz
      @MrMaboboz ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Escape from the talons of a hawk? that's an impossiblity. The moment those claws caught that rat he was a goner.

    • @jamesmathu5227
      @jamesmathu5227 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Itsnotavailable The hawk was as fast as lightening, the rat didn't stand a chance.

  • @treybaskin9775
    @treybaskin9775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well dayum he saving him for thanksgiving must be, he just as big as the Hawk Lowkey Highkey😂😂😂

  • @dukeagainsttheodds3170
    @dukeagainsttheodds3170 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love how focused the Hawk is on its surroundings! I'm assuming it knows its grip is the death grip, it's a done deal for the rat. Making sure its not some other predators next meal lol

  • @amandab7665
    @amandab7665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Hawk be like "nothing to see here, move it along"

  • @GabGotti3
    @GabGotti3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hawk is like “I do this everyday son!! Don’t sleep!”

  • @Medialover100
    @Medialover100 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude, u got a once in a life time shot!! Enjoy that moment & stay blessed 🙏🏾

  • @corysilvester
    @corysilvester 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That hawk was like relax, it’s just death.

  • @declanwk1
    @declanwk1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    this is one of those chance in a million shots, great video

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks

    • @kevinkreplin656
      @kevinkreplin656 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I could video this 20 times a day at my old job haha

    • @yeahtbh.161
      @yeahtbh.161 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kevinkreplin656 so why didn't you?

  • @johnmoore4714
    @johnmoore4714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +451

    Magnificent animal. They must be preserved 🦅

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes and thank you!

    • @joebuckaroo82
      @joebuckaroo82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yes, rats are Magnificent! ; )

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@joebuckaroo82 Hawks are majestic. Rats are cool pets I guess

    • @joebuckaroo82
      @joebuckaroo82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@jamesmccarthy7085 I was kidding. Rats are nasty.

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@joebuckaroo82 oops lol

  • @waltercopus1485
    @waltercopus1485 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Early bird gets the worm, second rat gets the cheese.

  • @CaptainmonkeyJS
    @CaptainmonkeyJS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was at that precise moment the rat knew he was in the hawk's neighbourhood 😂

  • @baggyobeast
    @baggyobeast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    If you weren't recording that no one would believe you

  • @hamdanjantan3462
    @hamdanjantan3462 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Rat : " Those nuisance cat is nowhere in sight. Now i can enjoy the beautiful day "
    Hawk from above : " hold your breath, dude!!!"

  • @garyrobinson1568
    @garyrobinson1568 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hawk acting like a mob boss with those eyes saying, " Hey what you looking at!!!"

  • @JonnoPlays
    @JonnoPlays ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Something about watching animals is so peaceful... Even when they're straight murdering each other.

  • @jasonsullivan4579
    @jasonsullivan4579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I absoulety love it when these beautiful hawks take down a nasty big rat.

    • @logicalblackman8228
      @logicalblackman8228 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There’s nothing nasty about the rat. It’s just an animal.

    • @jean-yvesderick6085
      @jean-yvesderick6085 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@logicalblackman8228 : vous avez entièrement raison, et cela aurait pu être un chat ou un petit chien ! 🤔

    • @logicalblackman8228
      @logicalblackman8228 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jean-yvesderick6085 Sorry, I don’t speak frog.

    • @michaelshannon3019
      @michaelshannon3019 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don’t understand the hatred towards rodents.

    • @McCRBen
      @McCRBen ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelshannon3019
      The Italian police recently caught a dirty rat, but it took them 30 years.

  • @frankwhite4172
    @frankwhite4172 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    that hawk knew you were watching lol he was eyeballing you

  • @UNbowed62
    @UNbowed62 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Red Tail Hawk: “Go on, nothing to see here. I got dis.”

  • @leonj301
    @leonj301 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hawk was like don't even fight me it's done...

  • @Eldonkruz
    @Eldonkruz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That hawks looking like who's next?🤣

  • @natetinsley3119
    @natetinsley3119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Should release like a whole flock in nyc.

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same here in Mass.

    • @jurassicsushi
      @jurassicsushi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      New York now has more peregrine falcons than any other city in the eastern United States and Canada, says a leading falcon breeder, Dr. Tom J. Cade. They introduced the falcons to help with over populated pigeons.

    • @marvyae23
      @marvyae23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was thinking the same thing

  • @zohaibjamal876
    @zohaibjamal876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This video needs over 1 million veiws

  • @martinmaddox5315
    @martinmaddox5315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I know over hunting,habitat loss, pesticides etc contributed to the decimation of quail. I also believe that hawks years ago kept down rat numbers enough to protect the quail. The number of field rats that one hawk removed more than made up for the relatively smaller number of quail that they eat. Huge numbers of rats are likely to find quail eggs and adult quail can not stop a rat from devouring a quails eggs. When I was a boy , I’m 73 now, we always saw hawks when hunting. At age 25, it was rare to see a hawk. Now once again hawks are back. I’m sure the ddt was the major cause of fewer quail, but loss of rat predation was also a factor. Don’t shoot hawks!

    • @onenikkione
      @onenikkione 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      lots of quail by us

  • @RennieAsh
    @RennieAsh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's like attaching scalpel blades to your fingers and then grabbing a small dog and sitting on it while looking around like you're enjoying the fresh air

  • @harrisonbrand8985
    @harrisonbrand8985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    here’s your friendly reminder to never use rat poison. if that rat (or any other animal) had ingested rat poison, the hawk (or any other predator) would be dead

    • @anthonyharper8161
      @anthonyharper8161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly

    • @BlakeNix
      @BlakeNix ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, let nature do nature.

    • @CbrF4i600cc
      @CbrF4i600cc ปีที่แล้ว

      If they in my house, they get the poison

    • @G3RM3X617
      @G3RM3X617 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well the hawks dont come by enough. So the hawks are going to have to make a deal with us. They have to promise to catch more rats if they dont want us using poison.

  • @Katragine
    @Katragine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Rat: "Damn....it's over with, ain't it.."
    Hawk: "Yep."

  • @sandrastone5847
    @sandrastone5847 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hawks are so beautiful! If I were there, I’d give him a rabbit, a squirrel and a salmon!

  • @foxwood67
    @foxwood67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Situational awareness. Hawk immediately started looking at surroundings for threats

  • @Tall-Cool-Drink
    @Tall-Cool-Drink 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Like how the hawk poses, like I do after a good golf shot.
    lol😆😆

  • @zsazsagabor9127
    @zsazsagabor9127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Hawk keeps looking around to make sure no witnesses to this killing...

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Right

    • @robnolan9309
      @robnolan9309 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are 67k who witnessed

    • @jasonw833
      @jasonw833 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The hawk was saying "shhh jus go to sleep 😴, anyone sees anything you"re next"

    • @Anthony-zt1zs
      @Anthony-zt1zs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I ain't seen nothin'.

    • @nickryan3417
      @nickryan3417 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hawks are very vulnerable when on the ground therefore it was naturally very wary. It was shielding the rat with its wings to lessen the chance of other predators seeing the kill and coming in to snatch it.

  • @jokerr3751
    @jokerr3751 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The hawk is confirming that No one is spying..

  • @gobigorange
    @gobigorange ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That hawk “is making it do what it do”

  • @D-mac777
    @D-mac777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I like how he rides him around like a mechanical bull ride for awhile

  • @interdimensionalsloth6981
    @interdimensionalsloth6981 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I remember this one time (I can't remember if I recorded or not), this crow landed in front of my car with an entire (still wrapped) McDonald's cheeseburger while I was parked in a lot lmao

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lol

    • @saulramirez6117
      @saulramirez6117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lmfao

    • @ObitoUchiha-be1jo
      @ObitoUchiha-be1jo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a sign. U need to eat that burger in wrapped

    • @kevinoconnor2921
      @kevinoconnor2921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Garbage birds, along with the Great Tailed Grackle. Love shooting them for the farmers.

    • @baloog8
      @baloog8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Someone got ransacked

  • @ericheine2414
    @ericheine2414 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just love Hawks.
    "Oh stop your squirming we'll just wait it out together. I got you by the skull. Wait till you meet the family'

  • @QuadirBrown-xt7iv
    @QuadirBrown-xt7iv ปีที่แล้ว

    Hawk was looking all around like "yo I hope nobody saw that".🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @KittySofttpaws
    @KittySofttpaws 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Nice catch, both of you!

  • @FredFukkinBear
    @FredFukkinBear 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    There are several red and yellow tailed hawks living in downtown Dallas, Tx and they prey on the rats. I used to sit and watch them while waiting on the Dart Trains and Buses.

    • @fatalsniper3413
      @fatalsniper3413 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Were they any danger to human life?

    • @mellthe1394
      @mellthe1394 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fatalsniper3413 I went to Dallas and they’re birds will literally land on your shoulder, they’re very bold😂

  • @Eric-xh9ee
    @Eric-xh9ee ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like how he's like "don't worry y'all. I got this mo fo. The situation is all under control"

  • @McD5791
    @McD5791 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hawk be like: "it'll do you no good to struggle, you'll only die tired when I get my break around your neck..."

  • @garykass114
    @garykass114 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Rat:"I think I'll go out for my morning walk."
    Rat(one minute later):"Oh shit!!"

  • @lastsocial0305
    @lastsocial0305 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Birds, as we all know them today; their lineage is linked to the great two-legged dinosaurs of the Crustacean period known as the therapod. As this hawk turned to face foward, it brought to mind a photo I once saw at a museum of the most well-known therapod, the great Tyrannosaurus rex.

  • @tommiesmith3191
    @tommiesmith3191 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hawk: "now if I could find a quiet place to enjoy my lunch and not be bothered".

  • @davidfealvega6812
    @davidfealvega6812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    How cool was that!!!!!??? Beautiful!

  • @RikkiTikkiTavi290
    @RikkiTikkiTavi290 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    That was a great catch on camera. Cool to see Nature still exists, even in the city.

    • @richardrubin1763
      @richardrubin1763 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nature will always exist. It's man's peril to ignore it on a daily basis.
      Poisoning and polluting, ignoring natural laws, (like isolation on electronic devices) will all come home to roost. It's happening in slow motion.....sorta like the rats death in the grasp of the talons of the hawk.

  • @johnblaesel5493
    @johnblaesel5493 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The odds of getting footage like this is maybe one in a million. Getting footage of a rat on a sidewalk is rare within itself!

  • @jones9309
    @jones9309 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Rat seeing the Hawk : *"It was at this moment he knew he fucked up"* 😂

  • @LucidStew
    @LucidStew 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Had a similar experience maybe 20 feet away from me, but the hawk was larger and caught a dove. The hawk almost looked surprised that it worked. There was a second dove right next to it that flew up on a tree branch a few feet away utterly stunned. The hawk's behavior was similar, just sat there snuffing the life out of the dove, then flew off with the carcass. I walked back by the tree a few minutes later and the 2nd dove was still there looking like it had no clue what to do next.

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Those doves mate for life

    • @richardrubin1763
      @richardrubin1763 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've seen them hit a dove in mid flight. Coolest thing to see. It hit the dove so fast and hard it left a trail of feathers in the air slowly drifting to the ground.

  • @CivilEngineerWroxton
    @CivilEngineerWroxton ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Way to go, Hawk. Get those nasty rats. I have 62 acres in very rural northwest Arkansas and live down in a beautiful hollow on that land in a house that has two Bald Eagle nests above it that are high up in Sycamore trees quite close to the house. So I see the occupying Bald Eagles on a regular basis. They are so beautiful. One night as I was coming down the private road into the hollow to my house, I came upon one of the huge Eagles in my front yard area. My headlights were right on the Eagle and it had just caught a brown and white rabbit and was beginning to tear into that rabbit.
    The Eagle repeatedly tugged at the rabbit until it wasn't moving anymore and was fluttering its huge wings as it did so. Poor rabbit. Seeing those HUGE wings up close like that was incredible. The Eagle wasn't disturbed by my headlights and just kept on doing what it was doing. It was a bit disturbing to watch, but quite majestic, too. Because, hey, Bald Eagles and their chicks gotta eat. It was a fat rabbit, too, so that was quite a meal for the Eagle and its chicks.
    I just sat there in my car watching the Eagle making bite-sized pieces out of the rabbit and then suddenly realized just how huge that Eagle is and how huge its talons are. I then also realized that if I was outside the car and the Eagle felt threatened by me that it could do some SERIOUS damage to me or to anyone else who happened by it at any time. I have seen videos of Eagles and other raptor birds catching and tearing into rodents and other animals, but seeing one up close and personal doing that to a rabbit gave me a whole new respect for just how powerful and deadly they are. Realizing that they could do serious damage to a person by seeing it up close made me know that they could do that but don't because I've never heard of even one of them attacking a human. So we're lucky that they don't and won't. I know that if someone stupid decided to corner one somehow that it would definitely be able to very adequately defend itself and would probably come out the winner and the human would come out seriously injured or maybe even dead.
    Raptors are quite beautiful and majestic and I feel quite blessed to have property that these Bald Eagles reside on. Hearing them call out and watching them soar around above the property is so incredible.

  • @Thmusic7
    @Thmusic7 ปีที่แล้ว

    my mother when I was a kid and acting up in the store. "You just wait till we get home." LOL.

  • @abpob6052
    @abpob6052 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Hawks are cool because they can't see their feet when they catch prey. Love the way their brains have evolved to work out time and space and prey anticipation. Hooray evolution!

    • @robinleebraun7739
      @robinleebraun7739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They’re Jedi birds.

    • @charlierobles316
      @charlierobles316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They have no feet they're talons

    • @jameslee1062
      @jameslee1062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hooray for our Glorious CREATOR. Your design for a temporarily fallen world is genius.

    • @jameslee1062
      @jameslee1062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Psalm 111:2
      Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them.

    • @lawsonransom8318
      @lawsonransom8318 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Every potential they have, much like you, was created by a divine intelligence.

  • @geogeo2299
    @geogeo2299 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Mice were never meant to see approaching hawks in time.

  • @bj79swagg
    @bj79swagg ปีที่แล้ว

    Like the way he looks around for the Opps...then looks down like goto sleep fool go night night 😂

  • @emmanuellovesjessi
    @emmanuellovesjessi ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for not screaming “oh my gawd” over and over

  • @mardavijpoursaleh9810
    @mardavijpoursaleh9810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Beautiful, well done!! Both you and the Hawk!!

  • @FAHHTER
    @FAHHTER 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    nice catch for the hawk and the cameraman, the hawk is a real city cleaner 😄🥰

  • @Cpt-ARMA
    @Cpt-ARMA ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice vid I have one tagging a wild rabbit in the back yard in north phoenix, that was a good luck shot to have him stick around, he wasn’t camera shy for sure 👍 good job

  • @yourintuition2247
    @yourintuition2247 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Red hawk: you want content
    I’ll give you content 😎

  • @ataraxia6424
    @ataraxia6424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Your reaction completes the video!! I’m dying here 🤣 lol

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’m wasn’t sure how to react.. lol.
      Thanks 😂

    • @allaboutbeautee693
      @allaboutbeautee693 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesmccarthy7085 It Was Unexpected That’s Why 🤣🤣

    • @elle8473
      @elle8473 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Where u just randomly recording a rat and the hawk showed up?

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Elle. Yeah. I was feeding the rat part of my breakfast sandwich… the rat was there for awhile before the hawk showed up

    • @deshaefromarounthawayricha7324
      @deshaefromarounthawayricha7324 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jamesmccarthy7085 he was eating breakfast and he turned into breakfast 🐦🐭😋

  • @roostersalukisandpitbulls4305
    @roostersalukisandpitbulls4305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Well done Mr hawk

  • @Payne33
    @Payne33 ปีที่แล้ว

    He shouting out from the New York sky scrapers like hire me! Fire the pigeons 😂

  • @musiclover9361
    @musiclover9361 ปีที่แล้ว

    The hawk be like, "What? WHAT?? There's nothing to see here. Nothing going on. Go about your day!"

  • @vicious-pi3rd
    @vicious-pi3rd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hawk must have had it's eyes on the rat from hundreds miles away.

  • @biggsjones2486
    @biggsjones2486 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The Hawk went straight for the head, and never let go. You can't bite me that way.

  • @WildEvents522
    @WildEvents522 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nah the Hawk is like..."hum...hum...hum... Nothing to see here!" 😆

  • @bstrakos2934
    @bstrakos2934 ปีที่แล้ว

    HAWK had been watching ALL MORNING BEFORE HE MADE HIS MOVE.

  • @perryrice4149
    @perryrice4149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This hawk is like stop moving I got you. Don't fight it. 🤣🤣🤣 Good job hawk clean up the streets yuck

  • @macadelic2492
    @macadelic2492 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    🐀: hey, I can't see!
    🦅: shhh shh

  • @jessevarela
    @jessevarela ปีที่แล้ว

    The definition of: Shh, shh, it's going to ok. Just relax, relax. 🤣

  • @davismillz
    @davismillz ปีที่แล้ว

    Hawk is looking around like, “nuffin to see here folks!” 😅

  • @shabazzx6381
    @shabazzx6381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I see them all the time soaring through the Air scanning for a prey...I recently saw one up close on top of some Scaffolding feeding on something...Up in the Air they look small..But up close one can see how Magnificent these Birds are....🦅

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great or small, these birds of prey are amazingly beautiful

    • @markfox1545
      @markfox1545 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why do you capitalise random words?

    • @shabazzx6381
      @shabazzx6381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@markfox1545 Because I CHOOSE to...If you don't like it KEEP scrolling A HOLE!!!

    • @frankrosemeck9898
      @frankrosemeck9898 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@markfox1545
      Why do you misspell random words?

  • @nowwithattitude4685
    @nowwithattitude4685 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Alot of these hawks hunt/live around the South Bronx. You can sometimes catch them hunting at sunrise when the sun is just above the horizon and just before sunset. They scared off the seagulls that normally circle in the morning for scraps of food on the ground. The rats in the trash stand no chance and sometimes…. the squirrels that are on the ground instead of burrow. You can also see them in the trees IF theres enough foliage in your neighborhood.

    • @jamesmccarthy7085
      @jamesmccarthy7085  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah. we have a lot of Hawks in Boston … many different breeds.

    • @damoos3.
      @damoos3. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Palisade cliffs bald eagles too