Angry Bird: Hawk knocks drone out of the sky

Fox 5 San Diego ^ | 10/9/14 | Fox 5 Digital Team

[BigEdLB]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A hawk swooping in and attacking a drone while it was flying over a park in Massachusetts Wednesday was captured on video.

(HT Drudge)

[Fury]

I wonder if the hawk was injured by the spinning rotors.

The RTHA seemed to fly away normally and there was no feathers flying about or adventitious molt visible.

Don't know about now, but in breeding season, adults (depending on species) could possibly see a drone as a predator and act accordingly such as mobbing behaviors, etc.

[sand88]

I wonder if the hawk was injured by the spinning rotors.

I don't think so. If you view the video fullscreen and then pause after the hawk strikes the drone you can see that he is okay. In one shot you can see the hawk still has his eye on the drone as it falls away to the ground. Pretty cool.

It seems he struck the top of the camera unit.

[the OlLine Rebel]

ROFL

So much for all this techno garbage.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Not every aerial robot is made of metal, and many are very small. They would be no match for a hawk.

Another reason not to trust business transactions to these stupid things.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Whoa, this is actually a very important story.

The menace of surveillance drones threatening our privacy finally has a top-notch counter technology: raptor birds trained to take them out.

[Mears]

That is VERY cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[rsobin]

I have wondered for a long time if birds could be trained to detect aircraft.

[KosmicKitty]

Love it!!

[maine-iac7]

Time to start breeding hawks

[Minutemen]

Beautiful bird, that is very cool!

[Flycatcher]

Bird ping!

[left that other site]

Wonderful! hahaha!

[skeptoid]

Not every aerial robot is made of metal, and many are very small. They would be no match for a hawk

No, these devices are designed to be as light as possible and the use of metal components is minimized but the rotor blades are very sharp-edged and spin very fast. The hawk flew away, but his wings and feathers were not likely involved. I'm thinking of the lower leg, toes and talons.

[DFG]

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[Noamie]

One of the best things about hunting animals from lions to house cats to hawks is when they see something new that they have never seen before they go, “hey. What’s that? I’m gonna go fight it.”

[the OlLine Rebel]

I’ve stuck my fingers in small plastic blades before. No problem.

[LambSlave]

[Doomonyou]

INCOMING!!!!

Very cool.

[rey]

“These drones need to be designed to be harmless to wildlife or stay out of the sky.

And they should be designed to be noiseless. “

I seemed to have missed the right to safe wildlife and silence.

[Buffalo Head]

"The menace of surveillance drones threatening our privacy finally has a top-notch counter technology: raptor birds trained to take them out."

A 12 ga. Shotgun launching #4 buckshot is much easier and more certain.