"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to red-tailed hawks. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

"Hawks and rattlesnakes are deadly creatures, but who would win in a fight? Readers can explore the strengths and weaknesses of each animal and learn how they survive in the wild"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces red-tailed hawks and describes their physical characteristics, habits, and life cycle.

What happens when two baby chickens find themselves in a nest with a hawk? Don't hawks usually eat chickens? Sunshine, a red-tailed hawk, can no longer fly free. But her instinct to be a mother is so strong that she builds a nest in her aviary every spring and lays two infertile eggs. One year, Kara, her caretaker, decides to try something different. She gives Sunshine two chicken eggs. Join zoologist Kara Hagedorn and Sunshine to find out what happens...