Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) usually hunt from a perch and swoop down on prey. I observed a novel foraging strategy in which the bird deliberately, and successfully, attacked and deconstructed nests of squirrels to flush or capture prey in an urban environment.
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1 December 2012
Unusual Foraging Tactics by a Red-tailed Hawk in an Urban Environment
Renn Tumlison
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