In slow motion. io9 protests: Damn you, hawk, and your terrifying dinosaur hands! What did that poor water balloon ever do to you?!

Hat tip to Karen L. Myers.

Aren’t you glad you aren’t a ruffed grouse?

Hat tip to Sari Mantilla.

The Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) is the largest representative of the forest-dwelling, short-winged, bird-killing family of hawks. This video shows just how nimbly the ferocious goshawk can fly through tight spaces in the forest in pursuit of prey.

Why are ruffed grouse scarce this year? Ask Madame Goshawk.

Hat tip to Karen L. Myers.

Miniature video cameras strapped to the back of the two hawks give humans an opportunity to experience from a firsthand perspective the speed of the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) and the manueverability in woodlands of the Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis).