>>427471I've watched birds of prey catch rabbits before. I have an American Kestrel that is nesting in my roof, inside a place where a soffit panel is missing. I get to see it every little bit because the entrance is right above a big window.
I've had to kick a red tailed hawk off one of my chickens before, saving the chicken (pic related, it is sitting ON the chicken in this image). I lost a few chickens to hawks like this until I installed hawk hides for the chickens to run under. I haven't lost a single one since then. I didn't hurt the hawk when I kicked it. I only kicked it hard enough to move it off and release the chicken.
