Eagles Adopt Baby Red-Tailed Hawk, Putting Aside Violent Species Rivalry

"Bald eagles and red-tailed hawks are not typically friends — in fact, they have been known to fight each other to the death."

"That's why Canadian bird watchers were so surprised when they spotted a pair of bald eagles sharing a nest with and caring for a baby red-tailed hawk, in addition to their own three eaglets."

"The unexpected interspecies family is living in a Douglas fir at the Shoal Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary in British Columbia, as the Vancouver Sun reported."

"And bird experts are putting forward two main theories about how a red-tailed hawk chick, a species that is a fraction of the size of an eagle, ended up in the nest."