Hawk Cam Captures the Hunt | ScienceTake | The New York Times

Thanks to a helmet camera, researchers discovered that a goshawk mixes its methods of chasing its prey.

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[Desertduleler_]

These Goshawks have a good understanding of trigonometry vectoring.

[mamaboocee]

I would love to see more of this! I have a family of Cooper's hawks hunting my yard - because it is full of wild birds and squirrels i feed. Sometimes the Coops sit quietly for a long time till the prey relaxes - then he comes in and scoops up a mourning dove who was slow on the take-off. It is absolutely entrancing to watch these hawks hunt - especially the young ones who have a great deal to learn! I watched squirrels taunting a yearling and thought to myself that those squirrels won't taunt in another year, they will be breakfast!

[Gunners_Mate_Guns]

Goshawks are totally awesome.
They're bigger than a Red-Tailed hawk, but they can fly through a thicket with agility that would make your head swim.

[SnarlaRae]

Too much Human footage, not enough Hawk footage, but interesting.

[goomba]

How about you show it?  We see some footage, but no hunt.  Misleading title, disappointing video.

[lennyappleton]

The hawk footage looks like the flying scene from chronicle. So cool

[ajtronic]

Whoa, they have super twitchy head movement. Fascinating.

[AgentLector]

That's a great idea! We need more videos like these.

[Nairuulagch]

That is very bad explanation of millions years of hawks hunting perfection.

[oldschoolhawking]

Dang, what next? A GoPro mounted on a jack rabbit's ass?

[qm]

That jumpiness with the head is like me trying to use 90 sensitivity in a console shooter

[jdsk]

Hawk (to a mouse it strangely decided to make friends with after being rescued from a poacher trap): Hold on tight, little friend. This is gonna be a bumpy ride.
-I know mice are something hawks can eat, but still.

[sonojah]

Stealth hunter so yeah let's put a friggin bell on it SMDH