# Very cool hawk vs. squirrel video. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379 "2014-03-23T20:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379/1 "2014-03-23T20:30:30Z")
[Hawk vs. Squirrel](http://safeshare.tv/w/nvpxfobfnv) Found this and thought I’d share. Great cinematography and editing. Best watched in full screen. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379/2 "2014-03-23T20:43:11Z")
Someone sent this to me a couple of weeks ago. It’s pretty awesome, isn’t it? I’m still trying to figure out how it was done. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379/3 "2014-03-23T20:54:03Z")
Excellent! ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379/4 "2014-03-23T20:54:46Z")
My guess is a lot of footage and some good editing! That and some good equipment (Knothole Cam). ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379/5 "2014-03-23T23:54:47Z")
Without even looking at the video, I immediately wondered: Did the squirrel win? ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379/6 "2014-03-24T00:02:26Z")
Very well done & show me that no matter, I really don’t have ir so bad. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379/7 "2014-03-24T00:14:35Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Without even looking at the video, I immediately wondered: Did the squirrel win? this time. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379/8 "2014-03-24T00:21:27Z")
Glad the squirrel got away this time…but the hawk went hungry. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379/9 "2014-03-24T00:31:06Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > Glad the squirrel got away this time…but the hawk went hungry. The video is shot in the fall so I’m assuming no hawk hatchlings went to bed without supper. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379/10 "2014-03-24T00:40:36Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > The video is shot in the fall so I’m assuming no hawk hatchlings went to bed without supper. True but the hawk (depending on location and type of hawk) may seriously need to fuel up for migration, or to put on some fat to survive the upcoming winter. Raptors have it very tough. Adult hawks die of [winter starvation](http://www.wildwisconsinweb.com/Articles/hawk.htm) frequently, especially during their first winter. > [@](#): > > Biologists estimate that over 80 percent of the young hawks eventually starve to death their first year of life. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379/11 "2014-03-24T00:46:09Z")
Wow, I wonder how much original footage was shot and over how long a period it took to get it all. All chopped and spliced into 3 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379/12 "2014-03-24T00:50:25Z")
Good thing the squirrel had an emergency escape hatch built into its nest. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-hawk-vs-squirrel-video/684379/13 "2014-03-24T03:25:19Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Wow, I wonder how much original footage was shot and over how long a period it took to get it all. All chopped and spliced into 3 minutes. Yeah, it must have been agony getting that squirrel to hit its mark, especially after the third or fourth retake. 😃