Video: Great Horned Owl dropkicks Hays Bald Eagle off perch

Bald Eagle and Great Horned Owl
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A Great Horned Owl may have aspirations of being the next WWE Superstar.

The Pittsburgh Hays Bald Eagle Cam shows footage of an owl flying in and knocking the male bald eagle off his perch as was watching over the nest with the momma eagle and their three eggs.

The attack by the owl happened shortly before 9:30pm Monday night.

In the video, the eagle can be seen sitting on a tree branch on the left side of the screen. On the right side of the screen, you can see the momma eagle sitting in the nest.

The owl flies in from the upper part of the screen, just left of center and appears to deliver a flying dropkick, knocking the eagle right off of the branch.

Not long after being knocked from the tree branch, the eagle returned to his post, seemingly unharmed. Then a short time later, he flies to the nest to continue his watch.

No word on Vince McMahon's interest in signing the owl to a contract.

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