I witnessed in my backyard and took a video of a mocking bird vs a hawk. I wish I knew how to post videos. It was quite a sight.That mocking bird is doing what mocking birds do. They will tempt fate all the time.
I have two big red tailed hawks in my area and the hawks get more mocking bird kills than anything because the mocking birds will actually attack the hawk just like it did with the cat.
The hawk was high in a pine tree and saw a squirrel running below. He attacked the squirrel and covered it with claws deep into the squirrel. The squirrel was moving trying to free itself. Mocking birds started buzzing the hawk like a Japanese dive bomber. They would come within inches of the hawks head. This went on for several minutes.
Finally the hawk had enough and just took off in the air with the squirrel dangling. The hawk's family had a nice supper no doubt. Mocking birds are very territorial and thus attack. Even a hawk that could rip it to pieces
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