Friday, September 15, 2017

Bald Eagles Adopt Baby Hawk


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.

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