Pride at Stake; How a Sparrow attacks Harris Hawk and Forces him on Crash Landing

Harris Hawk simply flew near her nest but Kiskadee got furious sensing danger
for her young one’s. The Harris hawk which had a fearsome beak and three foot wingspan couldn’t thaw the courage of Great Kiskadee which forced him away from her nest and flew unharmed. The Harris Hawk is among the most deadly hunters in the sky.


Great Kiskadee took on this predator and was luckily captured on screen by
a  photographer when plucky bird dive-bombed the hawk and landed on its back to ward off any threat to its nest in El Salvador.

The hawk, named Chucky, came under attack from the diminutive adversary
as it was part way through a training flight with its handler on the outskirts of San Salvador. The hawk's handler Roy Beers regularly trains the bird for falconry at the spot.

Photographer Gerardo Grassl, who captured the scenes, said: 'The Great Kiskadee would have been happy because it achieved its objective of protecting its young.

'A lot of birds in the area were alarmed by the presence of the hawk but the Kiskadee was the only one that swooped in to attack, even though it could have been killed at any moment.'
The little bird survived the audacious attack, as the hawk simply continued with its flight and crash landed on the decoy laid out by its handler.