The ability to capture a high-speed chase in the air using a very long lens and keep the film quality at high definition is just extraordinary.

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

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

Came here for the peregrine and stayed for the osprey

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. :)

Every time a falcon hunts they keep hearing narrators .

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.

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

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

Daddy has to provide for his babies!

Beautiful creatures!

🌺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

I'm sure that heron is envious. . .

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.

I dont want to be a fish in my next life

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

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

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

Bird police: Minutes away when seconds count.

Wowza! Great photography. Never seen a peregrine do that. Must have been hangry!

Wow what a once in a lifetime footage. Superb

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

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

Excellent camera work and great commentary. Thanks for sharing.

I’ve seen an osprey out fly a bald eagle to hang onto it’s catch. Amazing aerial acrobatics.

That's one very hungry Falcon to be that desperate to try and steal a fish

Cockney Osprey: Just popping out for a quick salmon love. Cockney Peregrine: Got any salmon mate? Lovely!

Yay, osprey! ♡

Not today, falcon. Not today.

I see hawks, eagles, falcons, vultures, and Frickin Crows going after the ospreys here. But they sure look like the best Combat Pilots of the bunch from my experiences watching them. And they usually don't take 💩 from nobody 😂

Nature is not all sunshine and rainbows, all this freedom comes with a tremendous price!

I was turkey hunting one year and this big bird went down and came up with a large mouth bass. Once he got the fish, the big bird perched in a tree right behind me. The bird absolutely was tearing the bass up. Come to find out, the big bird was an Osprey. Wish I had it on camera. I'll never forget it.

A falcon attacking an osprey? Lord, the Air Force and the Marines have turned on each other.

This Falcon just looks like a bully lol

I'm going to train one to get me toilet paper!!!

Saw tons of wild osprey in Florida today. Saw them diving for fish. Beautiful birds.

falcon reminds me of an older neighbor, wanting something for free.

Beautiful video. Great footage. A pleasure to watch. Enjoyed Irene.

What an incredible piece of film - never knew a Peregrine would want a fish!

Those are both 2 top tier birds. Tier zoo told me that anyway. The osprey just has an unfair advantage against those fish basically boding them as soon as they spawn.

I live on the ROANOKE RIVER in ROANOKE RAPIDS NORTH CAROLINA ,,,,, and I've seen the Ospray dive and catch Hickory Shad ,,"it's a sight to see"

Smart Bird

"Finally, a worthy opponent. The battle will be legendary." - Osprey Lung

When I was a young man camping at the Oregon coast I had the privilege of seeing a bald eagle steal a fish from a seagull in flight. Seagull didn’t survive the attack and was tossed aside as the eagle flew away with the fish. These where the days before cell phones, Wish i’d had a video camera

fish still alive at the end all don't mind me.

The dogfight was spectacular. The osprey's wingspan dwarfs the peregrine falcon's..

As much as I like Peregrine Falcons, I did not want to see my spirit animal get punked by one. You go Osprey!

3:24... Peregrine: "te salvaste, weonnn" jajajajaajja.....

That was some wild flying osprey

How do you only have 2.5 million subs

"I'm bringing em in closer Merlin "

Great footage, thanks.

I love the quality of the Smithsonian Channel videos!

The osprey did not mean to ditch into the water. He's looking directly at the falcon and his wing touches. That was a crash

There is literally a peregrine falcon flying around while I'm watching this video

I swear I can hear Browning machine guns and plane propellers.

Love to watch the Osprey we have at the Port of San Diego. They love to hang onto the lines of marine vessels and look into the water for their food.

Great creature !!! Simply wonderful!!! ❤️❤️❤️😘😘

PETA: Perigrines for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Osprey are adorable

And the fish thought it was being released to the water

That's almost a unfair evolution. Air and water mastery

Check out how the Osprey shakes the water out of his feathers in flight. Pretty cool.

Thank you,,,Always love it

Perry the platypus in stealth mode

I imagined I was watching 2 combat airplanes fighting, and the sounds these birds were making were the guns firing. pew, pew pew... Then at 3:30 the victorious plane almost crashes because its engine was on fire and breaking apart from all the bullets it received, but it finally makes it to the landing track to receive all the glory and commemorations from its squadron.

Atlanta Falcons vs Seattle Seahawks be like...

dude its like watching a dogfight of fighter jets🤣

Fantastic footage I have never seen anything like this before 🌹

"i'm gonna hit the water, he'll fly right by" - osprey

"... unbeknownst to the osprey, the falcon had been taking swimming lessons at the neighborhood YMCA..."

Genius bird!

Fish hawk vs duck hawk عجيب 👍🏼

How cool to be there to film that!

And he gave the food a refreshing dip before dinner 😁

Amazing video!

Awesome video!

I love watching aerial conflicts between birbs

Fantastic strategy used by papa osprey!

Dang it I wanted to see him deliver the food jeezzz ssmmhh

It used it ability wisely against the falcon

The world's fastest bird, except in level flight.

Osprey's are badass

Imagine being that fish, one day all you know is water, just minding your own business when you're plucked out of the world you know by some creature moving in ways you can't comprehend, ...and now there's a second one fighting over you lol

At the time of this comment, 88 Peregrines have watched this video.

1:39 Well that's the worst end to an engagement party/wedding that I've ever seen...

this is the kind of action I enjoy watching

Maintained his composure .

Great footage

2 fighter jets from different army group stealing a submarine😂

That scene looked like , what people are doing with toilet paper in market during this coronavirus epidemic.

Just give a big RESPECT to SMITHSONIAN...channel for the hard captivity of this video..not only this but many many more..CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR TEAM GOD BLESS AND GOODLUCK..!!!

That fish must be on the ride of it’s life.

Espetacular!

Cheeky FALCON!! LOL 🦅

this is amazing, since fish is not the common food of the peregrine falcon. He must have been desperately hungry.

I love Ospreys. I live in Miami, Florida where they are prob the most common bird of prey. Since Miami was basically built on marshland there are a ton of canals and artificial lakes, plus biscayne bay and the ocean, so ospreys have it good here. I've had the pleasure of seeing them dive for fish a few times. And I've seen them flying with a fish in their talons many times. If you ever come to south Florida keep an eye out for them around bodies of water. Not hard to find at all.

Nice work done by papa osprey

That trout went for a ride