Magpie A: I'm bored. Magpie B: Yeah, tell me about… Wait a minute! There is a hawk!

Its hilarious reading the comments, people saying ooh the Magpies are trying to save the Wood Pigeon....no no no....Magpies are scavengers they just want an easy meal, they aren't going to save the Wood Pigeon they aren't friends they don't go drinking together.

Its a hostage situation and the cops are negotiating.

I don't think magpies care about the pigeon, but in this case they do care about the bird of pray taking liberties in their back yard. Corvids, like magpies, crows and ravens, will regularly harass birds of pray, like owls and hawks if they come into their territory. They will also try to steal their food by distracting them and pulling them by the tails. Crows and ravens even do this to foxes and wolves sometimes, but that's a higher stakes game.

Magpies are pretty smart, whenever our local fox turns up for a snack you can be sure the magpies will appear within seconds, They know we put out foxy snacks and are determined to share his spoils. one gets behind and pecks foxy's tail, when he turns around the second magpie dives in and steal some food.

Magpie 1: "Oh shit he got Jerry, we should go help him out" Magpie 2: "Just play dead Jerry we're coming"

Pigeon probably suffered a heart attack and passed out.

This is the literal definition of "A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush." 🤣🤣

Thought miraculously the pigeon was gonna get saved- my disappointment knows no bounds 😔

Dude is just eating a sandwhich while he watched a pidgeon being eaten haha

I've seen single magpies friend up with wood pigdeons , they get on well

This is singlehandedly the most confusing bird video I have ever seen.

I felt for that pigeon who looked like he had accepted his fate and made no attempt to escape.

Wow! The sparrow hawk has to be one of the smallest family of raptors right next to the American kestrel! What it lacks in size, it makes up for in confidence. But to the magpies, it's just like them; a tiny bird.

The bird version of a lion eating his prey in the midst of two scavenging hyenas.

I want to come back as a magpie. They always look like they're enjoying themselves ! Beautiful birds!

An almost exact duplicate of what happened in our garden, only on the patio and the magpies spotted us watching and took flight leaving the Sparrowhawk to its lunch. Left part of carcass on fence post in the ivy and came back for another lunch the following day. Still passes through regularly, leaving the garden silent with no sparrows for most of the rest of the day.

This is an absolutely fascinating video. I've never seen magpies do that before, but I have seen one narrowly escape being prey of a sparrowhawk.

Peigon : omg u guys are heroes. Thx for saving me. Magpies : we didnt save you. You under new managment.

And here comes my kid running thru the feathers after everything happens like its snow😂😂

What a lovely garden you have. The left side of it reminds me of the backgarden of the house I grew up in.

Sparrowhawk defending that B plant site like a pro.

Absolutely superb footage - well done you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

damn man that's brutal

"I got him Heckle ol boy.. Nah Jeckle.. I got this, mate!"

I am amazed how the hawk never once let go of the pigeon while fighting off magpies. That's some strong grasp it got 👏👍.

Excellent filmed! Beautiful video!

This is stunning. Wonderful Thanks

There's a sparrowhawk that hunts out near my back garden. The birds dive for cover when they see it's on the prowl, usually it walks across the top of the hedge and all the sparrows and starlings are squawking away like mad!. I like this footage showing how cheeky the magpies are..they're terrible birds but they fascinate me, they're the "wind up" merchants of the corvid family but are quite forthright. One tried to chisel it's way through the stone work via my window to get in. They don't give up easily.

Ястреб перепелятник поймал голубя. Это очень результативный охотник из за его широких но не длинных крыльев. Сейчас он склюет мясо на груди добычи и улетит.

Woman - "dyu want a sandwich?" Man - "yes please" Pigeon - I'm flippin' dying over here!!!!

The number of people commenting that the Magpies care about the Pigeon is laughable. Stealing food without the work is all they care about

When you and your buddy try to start shit with the four-dan blackbelt because he is a manlet.

We watched one of these kill a pigeon in one of our front yard trees, a few years ago. These are one of the swiftest and most brutal killing machines we have ever seen.

Magpies are such beautiful birds and such characters.Together they eat quite peacefully with all the other species in my garden , apart from being cheeky with the pigeon to move him from the bowl. However I have no doubt they were wanting in on the scraps. Had a sparrow hawk on the table this summer to my surprise. No interest in the food bowl but definitely staring at the hedge intently.

Nature is like, you got food, I'll steal it

All I see is a lion, an impala and 2 hyenas

Thank you for uploading this! Really interesting!

Hawk: note to myself, next time, check for no pesky magpies around

Fantastic footage ! Well done 👍

Would've loved to think that the magpies were trying to save the dove...yeah i know. Respect, Hawk . Great vid!

Y'know, magpies ain't nothin' but crows with a chequered history.

약육강식의 세계! 동영상 감사합니다!🇰🇷👉💕👍 The world of the jungle! Thank you for the video!🇰🇷👉💕👍

Beautiful footage and great timing... Thanks for sharing.

I love magpies I used to have one myself for while that I rescued as chick. It was so smart and beautiful.

Not many birds more ruthless (and successful) as corvids. Thanks for the video.

We have two peregrine falcons that hunt the sparrow’s. In the the bushes next to our living room window the first time my wife saw one of the sparrows being eaten about 8 feet away on the front lawn she was mortified. The falcons set traps in between two sets of bushes one chases the sparrows out of the bushes the other waits in ambush and catches them out in the open. Then all hell breaks loose and it’s like the Battle of Britain for a few minutes it’s a fantastic thing to see. Nature at its best. We have a lot pigeons and doves. I’ve seen then sat in the same tree as the hawk sparrow hawks and seem to bother when the peregrines are around. The hawk don’t show any interest at all. But I did see a peregrine Falcon take a white dove 🕊 my neighbour-was showing me his award winning fantail dove.he was very proud of. Has he let go of it. To fly it. The falcon hit it so fast and hard just a few feathers fluttered down. We was both shocked. We was less than 4 feet apart and it happened between us and the dove was only a couple of inch out of his hand. So the peregrines and shy I thought it was fantastic. He wasn’t as impressed. Shouldn’t laugh but it was bazaar to see.

Heckle and Jeckle are at it again.

Excellent video. Nice quality. Beautiful surroundings---where did this take place? Commentary was fine.

Thank you for the video of birds -Oh , I love the Singing Bird ‘s video the best

Got to say that Pigeon really fought hard for it's life while the Magpies wound up the Sparrowhawk. I actually witnessed a Sparrowhawk glide from a tree and quite literally stun a Wood Pigeon on impact that was twice its own size. I was astonished by the the extent of the submission. It just seemed to give up and accept its fate. I got out of the car to have a closer look and the Sparrowhawk stood its ground right up to the point where I was barely a few feet away and then it let go and flew off, at which point the dozy Pigeon regained its senses and also flew off. Nature is fascinating.

The pigeon, dumb as a rock, had the once-in-a-life time opportunity to get away while the Magpies were harassing the Sparrowhawk relentlessly as if to say: "Now is your chance."

I've seen this happen a couple of times, usually in winter time when it's slim pickings for birds. When the hawk gets his fill, the magpies will eat the spoils.

Nice garden. Interesting video, I looked this up after seeing a sparrow hawk trying to kill a pigeon in a local park in the air! Was seen off by a magpie. Amazing aerial display right in front of us. Glad the pigeon got away! Loved the question of whether you wanted a sandwich half way through.

We had Australian magpies on our sheep & cattle farm. Sometimes they’d eat the eyes out of younger (living) lambs, which we did not appreciate. Definitely ghastly. They have a wonderful call so every morning they’d have a tremendous chorus. They’d also steal anything shiny which could be a problem at times.

I, love them so much ❤️ I feed all types of birds I even have an Owl that watches over me when I come back from work late night when I get inside always open the door and thank him. Then he leaves after I'm safe in my house.🦉❣️

Magpies want it for themselves, I saw how crow scared hawk when it was catching sparrow then when hawk gave up on it, crow searched for sparrow in the bushes.

I guess the sparrow hawk is lucky that it was two birds harassing him rather than a cat or a fox

pigeon is like well dont just sit there do something

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Plot twist ; the Pigeon returns to life and kicks the s*** out of the Hawk

Good camera work, Female Sparrowhawk with a young Woodpigeon,(an adult would have put up more of a fight,and been more of a battle.The talons can cause initial bloodloss,and the bird will go into a state of shock.This explains the 'almost casual' manner in which the bird accepts its fate.

The magpies aren't so much trying to save the pigeon as they're trying to deny a raptor a meal

It's not just the meal that these two birds want. Birds of prey are seen as a massive threat to other birds in the area as well. The magpies are, at the same time, trying to 'mob' this bird of prey in order to drive it away.

Good vid mate nearly 2 million views and you've not monetized it!

1:02 pigeons like. "yup in dead, blink blink"

I once saw 3 Magpies holding a cat hostage under a car.....the cat was hissing but too scared to come out.....I looked a half an hour later and it was still going on....the Magpies morning entertainment

That was so satisfying to watch. Yet another gem of a video that will go in the digital archive of this fascinating planet for eternity.

They’re sayin “hey bruh, we all from the same gang”

Great job filming and narrating. Beautiful yard.

Cool, I love your selection of animals. 👍

The magpies be like: Hey sugar how are yo- ooo whatcha got there

Amazing display caught on video! The Hawk is very determined to keep his quarry. How close could you get to this spectacle?

The person who is filming this is wicked to watch that happens

One court one in are front garden the way they rap there wings around there pray it was like a vampire from Dracula but dont they make a mess and it would put me of having lunch brilliant clip and comentry

i really like your video...and an inspiration for me...thanks brother

Those two magpies! Always into mischief! Heckle and Jeckle!!!😁

I have a Magpie that visits my yard during Spring and Summer but didn't know they had such nasty dispositions. I've only seen one that sits on a tree branch near my apartment and probably feeds on the bird seed I set out for other birds. Thanks for sharing this other aspect of them! 😊

There are few animals that can intimidate magpies. I'd set sunflower seeds out for a squirrel that had a nest set up in a shed. The magpies would also feed on the seeds, until the squirrel showed up. They did not mess with the squirrel. Three or four magpies? No problem. She'd have to make a charge at them so they'd know she meant business, but did not stick around to find out what that squirrel could do to them.

That sparrow hawk is straight g .

Such beautiful birds. My goodness.

KZfaq has recommended me countless videos of magpies fighting hawks. I don’t understand.

Pigeon: come on man, make up your mind. Either eat me or chase them.

the hawk : just let me kill this pigeon . and i will deal with you later

Feel so bad for the pigeon D: :(

I thought all birds ate the seeds I leave in the garden 😳

I clicked on it without knowing it was 5 minutes length.

Magpies trying to save pigeon friend.

Pies are so intelligent, they even scare pigeons in front of cars, I have seen it myself. This pigeon got away, because I braked. On another occation, I saw two pies (most certainly a pair), chasing a big rat. They tried to attack it with their beaks, the rat counter-attacked with its teeth. No physical contact in the stride though, because the pies were so swift to hop back on the attacks. Eventually, the rat hid under a car and got away. Very interesting to watch. In their working, they did not pay much attention to me as a human, standing five meters away, they were busy :) I thought of helping them, killing the big rat, but when it dissapeared under a car, and my knowlede of the Mag-pies shyness, I decided to not bother and let it be to their own.

Poor thing, constantly getting harassed. The sparrowhawk was too 😂

That is a fantastic video of cute and adorable birds. I like it very much.

I know that's just how they look and it's not making any facial expression but I love how fucking pissed off the hawk looks 😂

Those claws kills instantly , even if u try 2 save pigeon , it will die slowly

Yeah it's hard to enjoy your meal when a couple of deadbeats hassle you.

that pullback shot at the end

Sometimes you just cannot enjoy your meal in peace.

I'm just glad the bird was able to get a little snack,snacks are so hard to come by.

Superb video. Glad I watched it before the comments get filled with posts from the Wood Pigeon Liberation Front.

I personally witnessed magpies even harassing my own young cat as she walked too close to their tree, probably where they had their nest. They were doing a lot of noise trying to make her go away, They are quite cheeky birds!

Heckle and Jeckle are superheroes in the animal world.