A somewhat similar story to the one of the Black-breasted Buzzards that were raising Kestrel chicks, as documented in the book by Jack & Lindsay Cupper. Probably
with a similar reason.
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Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] the guardian: Eat, prey, love: bald eagles adopt baby hawk into their nest in Canada
I well remember the story of Hansel and Gretel. Perhaps they are just fattening him up!
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Subject: [canberrabirds] the guardian: Eat, prey, love: bald eagles adopt baby hawk into their nest in Canada
Eat, prey, love: bald eagles adopt baby hawk into their nest in Canada
the guardian
The hawk, which is usually prey for eagles, is in excellent health after being taken in, and now ‘thinks he’s a bald eagle’, according to one expert Biologists and bird watchers in Canada are closely monitoring a young red-tailed hawk that has – against
all odds – been adopted into a nest full of bald eagles and is seemingly thriving after taking on eagle-like behaviour. The chick was first seen in the nest in British Columbia in early June, said biologists – possibly after one of the bald
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