It takes a village, or in this case, a nest, as bald eagles chipped in to help raise two baby red tail hawks in California.
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A pair of eagles in a California nest have taken on an unusual addition – two baby red-tailed hawks.
The first red-tailed hawk was brought to the nest in May. It was likely initially brought as prey for the eaglet already in the nest, but the eagles began to raise it as their own young, with a second red-tailed hawk joining the nest later.
Red-tailed hawks can make a begging call which sounds similar to an eaglet’s begging call, according to the Friends of the Redding Eagles Facebook page, to which the adult eagles responded to and began caring for as their own.
Red-tailed hawks are typically smaller than bald eagles, reaching a wingspan between 3.4 and 4.8 feet as adults, while a bald eagle’s wingspan can reach between 5.9 and 7.5 feet as an adult.
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