Here's
a fascinating experiment happening in the wild in B.C. A bald eagle
evidently took a red-tailed hawk chick back to its nest as food for its
chicks. One in the nest, Spunky the baby hawk insisted on being fed
exhibiting behavior that stimulated the eagle parents into feeding him.
Observers have been afraid that Spunky was not going to survive his
new family, especially considering the size difference. But, weeks
later, the hawk and his foster siblings are almost ready
to leave the nest. Interestingly Spunky is exhibiting both observed
eagle behavior from his foster parents such as stealing fish but also
what must be innate hawk behavior such as pouncing on objects on the
ground. The first video is of baby Spunky in the nest. I'll post the
most recent video in the comments section.
This article gives more background info.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/…/red-tailed-hawk-adopt…/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDdnS_SuZRg
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/…/red-tailed-hawk-adopt…/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDdnS_SuZRg
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