Peregrine Falcon Attempts to Steal Prey from Osprey

A peregrine falcon, the world's fastest bird, is in hot pursuit of a target. But today's operation isn't a hunt, it's theft - he's spied an osprey with a trout, and he's determined to claim it for himself.

[HansCent]

2:20 "bogey on your 6!"
"Bank right, pull up, pull up"
... I can't shake him him.
"Dive! Dive!"

[suryanshs]

Came here for the peregrine and stayed for the osprey

[SnoopCatts]

That goes to show just how incredibly intelligent the osprey is because it knew the peregrin falcon would not fly into the water. That takes a very high level of thinking

[LeighWinspear]

Brilliant to see our wild world in such detail.
The skills of the camera and production crew should be celebrated and applauded for giving us such amazing footage.


Where I live in Yorkshire, UK, my 7 year old and I were lucky last year (2019), to see our first osprey albeit at distance.
The venue was a local 100 acre reservoir called Scaling Dam and we often go there to the bird hide and on long walks to see what nature offers us to enjoy.
This time, after talking to some resident bird watchers, we were just about to leave the hide, but some more arrived in an excited state to say they had possibly seen an osprey.
We stayed a short while without incident but then the lady who was watching from the east window shouted "Osprey".
We witnessed a splash, like I say at distance, but we could plainly see it had a large trout in its talons.
What happened next is exactly like in this video but with a slightly different outcome.
Suddenly, a peregrine falcon, that had been aggressive towards a marsh harrier earlier, reappeared to tackle the osprey.
It constantly swooped and dived at the osprey, to try and seemingly steal its prize for around 5 minutes.
Then as the two birds were almost out of sight, the osprey had a tactic to evade the peregrine pirate.
It went up.
Way up.
Too high for the smaller peregrine to follow, despite lugging its glistening trout, far above the moorland.
After a short while, the peregrine gave up and the two specks in the distance, separated on their own journeys. The victor, able to enjoy Its hard earned meal.
We all looked at each other in the bird hide, blessed to have witnessed a moment we always cherish and will talk about for whoever cares to listen.


Our natural world is ours to enjoy and protect. It's up to us on You tube, for example, to show others what a magic world it is out there on our doorsteps.

[blessedwithchallenges]

I grew up in the high mountain lakes of Oregon, watching Osprey dive, smack the water, bring up trout. Great way to know if it's a good lake to fish...I love those birds. :)

[markissboi]

Every time a falcon hunts they keep hearing narrators .

[NB-kyol]

I love watching osprey fish in the pond behind my house. Their dive into the water is a loud splash.

[turbomk]

The fish was so happy to be able to catch its breath, for a moment before he meets his doom lol

[TragoudistrosMPH]

Such intensity, and amazing footage. This was great!!!

[ForceOfVader]

Ospreys are absolutely one of my favorite birds, so incredible to watch hunt!! Great video!

[MalaysianTropikfusion]

<That's low, Jake—even for you!> said Cassie.

[TimmYCode]

I dont want to be a fish in my next life

[alxx]

They said there was gonna be robbing and looting during this pandemic. They didn’t say humans necessarily

[tracishea]

The peregrines are my favorite local birds. I'm impressed how fast they adapted to city livin'.

[MrExEssex]

I think the peregrine falcon was just intent on chasing the larger, stronger osprey away from its nesting area. I've never heard of a peregrine eating fish.

[AmazingNatureRelaxation]

🌺Pretty incredible footage they were able to capture. And this is
nearly in our backyard. Such high drama in Yellowstone. Looks like a great show. -H

[ardalla]

Bird police: Minutes away when seconds count.

[OspreyPens]

The cinematography and camera angles are stunning! Awesome video!!

[hudsonsoul]

Wow what a once in a lifetime footage. Superb

[janetturner]

Excellent camera work and great commentary. Thanks for sharing.