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Its diet is varied, but there is conclusive evidence now that 85 to 90 % is composed of small rodents, with rabbits, snakes and lizards included. Where there are large numbers of pheasant, these become the food of choice in spring and summer. Like all hawks, its talons are its main weapons.
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∙ 9y agoThe Red Tail Hawk is primarily a meat eater. Red Tail Hawks like to eat snakes, frogs, squirrels and mice.
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By far their favorite meal is a meadow vole. Other small rodents are also tops on the menu. That said, their diet can be quite diverse.
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∙ 11y agosnakes,rabbits,and lizards
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What hawk eats a barn owl?
red tailed hawk
Is red tailed hawk a secondary consumer?
Yes, the red-tailed hawk is a secondary consumer. This is because the red-tailed hawk eats the small mammals and birds.
What animal eats a red tail hawk?
The red tailed hawk is a "Buteo", a family of mainly large, robust, rodent eating hawks, and is related to other members of this group. Ohers are the red shouldered hawk, broad winged hawk, Swainson's hawk, rough legged hawk, ferruginous hawk, Short tailed hawk, Harris' hawk.
Is a hawk a second level consumer?
no its a first consumer
What are some behavios of a red tailed hawk of a red tailed hawk?
They fly.
Is a Red-Tailed Hawk a birds of prey?
a Red-Tailed Hawk is a birds-of-prey
Can a red tailed hawk live in the desert?
Yes, a Red-Tailed Hawk can live in the desert.
If a red tailed hawk eats birds and small mammals would it be a tertiary or a secondary consumer?
It would be a tertiary consumer. The odds are high that at least some of the birds and small mammals that the hawk eats eat other animals. An adult red-tailed hawk could also be considered an apex predator because it has almost no predation.
Is a red tailed hawk purple?
Only it's tail.
Does a red tailed hawk have a backbone it is a?
A red tailed hawk has a back bone making it a vertebrate.
Why does the red tailed hawk have red tail?
Because the tails of typical adults are red orange in color. But two races, the Krider's red tailed hawk, and the Harlan's red tailed hawk, have pale buff tails with faint bars.
What eats a rubber boa snake?
western diamondback rattlesnake, badger, coyote, coral snake and red tailed hawk.
