Bald Eagles raising Hawk. (1 Viewer)

Lisa W

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• Jul 9, 2019

• #1

Interesting article:

california-eagles-adopt-baby-hawk/1667881001/

 

Andy Adcock

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• Jul 9, 2019

• #2

Obviously a Cuckoohawk..........

 

Jeff Hopkins

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• Jul 11, 2019

• #3

or a hawk-eagle.

 

jurek

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• Jul 11, 2019

• #4

I think a similar situation was observed few years ago in Poland. White-tailed Eagles raised a Common Buzzard chick together with their own.

 

Joern Lehmhus

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• Oct 4, 2019

• #5

Here in Northern Germany, we had a pair of white tailed eagles regularly raiding common buzzard nests and taking the young to feed their own young. Occasionally one of the buzzards survived for some time, but I think ultimatively none made it...
with abundant food this could have resulted in a young buzzard being raised, I assume.