Editing Hawk (section)

==Behavior==

[[File:Perch hunting.webm|thumb|thumbtime=49|Perch Hunting. This perching [[hawk]] located, captured and returned with prey at sunset]]
Parents feed young hawks from early in their lives until they leave the nest.<ref name="National Geographic">{{cite journal |date=11 November 2010 |title=Red-Tailed Hawk |url=http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/red-tailed-hawk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129001535/http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/red-tailed-hawk/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2010 |journal=National Geographic |access-date=18 October 2012}}</ref> Young hawks, while still in the fledgling phase, will leave their nests as early as six weeks old, but they do not hunt until they are older. Like most [[birds of prey]], hawks kill their prey with their talons. Hawks usually prefer hunting just before nightfall when daylight lessens.<ref name="Migration of Hawks"/> Although hawks are known for being violent [[predators]], some are gentle and quiet.{{cn|date=August 2022}}

Hawks fly by flapping their wings rapidly then relying on momentum to glide through the air.<ref name="Soaring Hawks"/> Like other birds, they are known to form flocks when migrating, which improves [[Life|survival]] rates over traveling alone. Flocks of birds, especially hawks, are sometimes called "kettles" in the United States.{{Non sequitur|date=August 2024}}<ref name="Flight Strategies"/>{{rp|215–16}}