# Bald Eagle family accidentally adopts Red-Tailed Hawk baby.

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**Created:** [June 8, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-family-accidentally-adopts-red-tailed-hawk-baby/788414 "2017-06-08T02:45:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-family-accidentally-adopts-red-tailed-hawk-baby/788414/41 "2017-06-16T12:11:38Z")

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> [@Mighty\_Girl](#):
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> That stupid, drunken stork did it again.

Damn bird is a menace to avian familyhood!

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**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-family-accidentally-adopts-red-tailed-hawk-baby/788414/42 "2017-06-16T13:05:52Z")

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So, when the young hawk’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love - is it going to look for another hawk, or did he imprint on eagles? There’s going to be a real ‘small man’ complex (assuming it’s male) going on there . . .

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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-family-accidentally-adopts-red-tailed-hawk-baby/788414/43 "2017-06-16T13:27:36Z")

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> [@CheshireKat](#):
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> There are videos on YouTube:
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> June 2: [View of all the youngsters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIU5vLb0hvY)  
> June 10: [Close-up of the red-tailed hawk being fed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVTH0pWl_GI)

Second link isn’t working for me.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-family-accidentally-adopts-red-tailed-hawk-baby/788414/44 "2017-06-16T13:47:14Z")

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For some reason this reminded me of an old Sniffles cartoon, wherein he adopts a baby hawk only to find out that it’s primarily a mouse eater.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-family-accidentally-adopts-red-tailed-hawk-baby/788414/45 "2017-06-16T13:50:46Z")

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I thought of Foghorn Leghorn setting the baby hawk onto the farm dog.

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**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-family-accidentally-adopts-red-tailed-hawk-baby/788414/46 "2017-06-16T15:56:43Z")

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Thank you very much for sharing. I really enjoy stories that show nature behaving contrary to our expectations.

> [@Rysto](#):
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> He’s going to be absolutely unbearable when he gets married, isn’t he? “Mice, again? Honey, why don’t you ever serve salmon like my mom did?”

> [@Tranquilis](#):
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> Imagine the kids!  
> “_MoooOOOmmm…!_ Dad’s serving us weird food again!”

Ha… I’m still chuckling. 🙂

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**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-family-accidentally-adopts-red-tailed-hawk-baby/788414/47 "2017-06-20T16:56:44Z")

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Well he’s now “branching” so he can safely get out of the way of his sibling’s enormous wings!

[http://www.hancockwildlife.org/forum/media/vP9jxXNyGA0619200650.jpg](http://www.hancockwildlife.org/forum/media/vP9jxXNyGA0619200650.jpg)

Lots of fantastic new pictures here:

[http://www.hancockwildlife.org/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=908803&mode=&show=8&page=23](http://www.hancockwildlife.org/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=908803&mode=&show=8&page=23)

More pictures on the next page as well!

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