So a golden eagle attacks a nest while the mother heron takes care of her chicks

A monitoring camera installed in a National Park in Spain recorded on video the exact moment a the golden eagle attacked a heron’s nest.

Ang viral photos was spread on the social networks of Cabañeros National Park, in the province of Ciudad Real.

surprising video of the attack

Within viral video Seeing that a white heron is taking care of two newborn chicks, but he was surprised to see the approaching bird of prey. Regardless, it is included for the purpose of protecting them.

The sudden attack is enough for it to snatch the newly hatched young in a quick passage, leaving only the single egg that has not yet hatched in the nest, which spreads. 20 minutes.

The director of Cabañeros National Park, Angel Gomezexplained to EFE that staff at the Casa Palillo visitor reception center were surprised to detect the absence of two chickens, despite the fact they received a live image of the stork’s nest on their screens.

Because of this, they decided check saved recordings and that was when they got the incredible surprise of predation carried out in just a few seconds.

A young golden eagle never seen before

“We thought it was a specimen of the Iberian imperial eagle, because a few kilometers away, in the middle of the raña, there is a nest located,” the director explains. He added: “But when we examine the action frame by frame, we see that it is indeed a young golden eagle and not an imperial eagle“.

Beyond the fascinating images, Gómez makes sure that this kind of behavior is surprising to this eagle, and this note “provides data that not many know.”

“There are not very well documented cases being filmed like thistherefore, the fact that the theft was recorded on those two chicks is surprising, ”he said.

Members of the Natural History Society of Ciudad Real also referred to the photos and agreed with the views of the National Park director.

They described the information obtained as “very important and unknown”, as there was evidence of damage to the nests of other species such as eagle owls or goshawkbut not far for this eagle.

For specialists, tracking the species with cameras offers strange surprises as recorded today on this site in Spain. And nature, it is known, always continues to admire.