![]() ![]() To capture prey like squirrels and rabbits, hawks may choose to soar lower to the ground. To speed up the process of tiring out their prey, the Red-Tailed hawk will let out a blood-chilling screech in order to make their prey try harder to run away. The Red-Tailed hawk adds its own twist to hunting style. This hunting method is for aerial prey like robins and doves. One hunting tactic of the hawk is to soar much higher than its prey and then swoop down once its target has worn itself out from trying to get away. Their intelligence can prove to be just as fatal for their prey. ![]() The sharp talons and beak of a hawk aren’t their only lethal feature. The hawk has quite a few tactics to choose from in order to catch its prey. Hawks are no one-trick-ponies when it comes to their hunting. Hawks rely most heavily on their sight to find prey, making it prohibitively difficult for hawks to hunt at night. Unlike owls or many other nocturnal animals, hawks cannot see at night. Hawks hunt during the day, making them diurnal. In the same way that an animal who hunts at night is nocturnal, an animal who hunts during the day is diurnal. One of the common traits that all hawks share is when they begin to search for prey.Īlthough some hawks prefer to wait until dusk begins to seep in before they begin their hunt for prey, hawks do not hunt at night. There are 200 different species of hawks across the world.Įach species of hawk has its own signature feather pattern, habitat, diet, and mating rituals, but there are few things that all of the species of hawk have in common. ![]()
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