Sharp-shinned Hawk attacking Pigeon

A Sharp-shinned Hawk viciously attacking a Pigeon. The Pigeon was still alive but barely hanging on... occasionally it would try to escape the Sharp-shinned Hawk’s grip; that’s why I attempted to interrupt them with a “Psssstt“. This footage was captured in Manchester, United Kingdom. Check out my friends YouTube channel: The Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) is a small hawk. In fact, “sharp-shins“ or “sharpies“ (as they are sometimes casually called) are the smallest to reside in USA and Canada, though some Neotropical species are smaller (notably the aptly named Tiny Hawk). The taxonomy is far from resolved, with some authorities considering the southern taxa three separate species: White-breasted Hawk (A. chionogaster), Plain-breasted Hawk (A. ventralis) and Rufous-thighed Hawk (A. erythronemius). See taxonomy for further on this. Pigeons and doves constitute the bird clade Columbidae, that inc