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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I pulled into my parking lot at work once back when I commuted. A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was chasing a moth or some bug I could just hardly see. It was swooping and changing directions like crazy. I sat in my car and watched for 20 seconds, until I am pretty sure it got it. It was astonishing to see that bird move through the air and change directions so fast.

On another day on the commute to work just at dawn, at the top of a hill 4-way intersection I saw an owl swoop right over my car, and nab a bunny rabbit. It was just astonishing how easy the owl made it look.

That's cool, and I would think fairly unusual since owls are usually more nocturnal.

When I used to commute more, and often drove past wide open fields, I'd occasionally see a hawk or raptor of some sort swoop out over a field and then dive down for a snack. I actually had one do the same 12-15' from me one day. I stepped out of my front door, locked the door, and turned around just in time to see a raptor land on something at the edge of a flower bed and then take off.