Re: Goshawk Nest Webcam in Tartu by RMK 2024-2025
Posted: May 24th, 2025, 9:04 am
They are not *our* Goshawk but still very interesting
Bird of prey uses red traffic light phase to hunt sparrows
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/nat ... e-em-em-sh
"He waits until cars form a line and then strikes in their protection: A round-tailed hawk in the USA has adapted to life in the city in an astonishing way."
A goshawk in the US state of New Jersey has developed an unusual hunting technique. A zoologist observed it several times taking advantage of a red traffic light to attack smaller birds under the cover of waiting cars. Vladimir Dinets of the University of Tennessee writes in the journal Frontiers in Ethology that this is an "impressive feat of intelligence." It may explain why the bird of prey "successfully colonizes a dangerous environment like the urban landscape."
Researchers regularly come across surprising examples of how animals adapt to urban environments and traffic. Some crows drop walnuts onto the road and wait until a car drives over them and cracks them open. Scavenger birds sometimes patrol busy roads and strike when a car runs over another animal. Birds of prey are also known for sophisticated maneuvers, such as driving their victims into narrow streets with no way out.
Bird of prey uses red traffic light phase to hunt sparrows
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/nat ... e-em-em-sh
"He waits until cars form a line and then strikes in their protection: A round-tailed hawk in the USA has adapted to life in the city in an astonishing way."
A goshawk in the US state of New Jersey has developed an unusual hunting technique. A zoologist observed it several times taking advantage of a red traffic light to attack smaller birds under the cover of waiting cars. Vladimir Dinets of the University of Tennessee writes in the journal Frontiers in Ethology that this is an "impressive feat of intelligence." It may explain why the bird of prey "successfully colonizes a dangerous environment like the urban landscape."
Researchers regularly come across surprising examples of how animals adapt to urban environments and traffic. Some crows drop walnuts onto the road and wait until a car drives over them and cracks them open. Scavenger birds sometimes patrol busy roads and strike when a car runs over another animal. Birds of prey are also known for sophisticated maneuvers, such as driving their victims into narrow streets with no way out.
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have a nice day
, it's raining in Tartu
