Midterm Exam
23) What should 4-week old chicks and their mother do when Coopers hawk is incoming and cover patch is 50 feet away?
a. Nothing, Coopers hawk not a threat
b. Freeze, Coopers hawks are like Tyrannosaurus rex and can see only movement
c. Scatter and hide
d. Fly with all you got the 50 feet to reach Jim’s pile of bicycles in garage, mom stays back to take on hawk
e. Everybody stays back and fights hawk.
Sallie and her brood chose answer d and all passed. Witnessed this today while feeding.
23) What should 4-week old chicks and their mother do when Coopers hawk is incoming and cover patch is 50 feet away?
a. Nothing, Coopers hawk not a threat
b. Freeze, Coopers hawks are like Tyrannosaurus rex and can see only movement
c. Scatter and hide
d. Fly with all you got the 50 feet to reach Jim’s pile of bicycles in garage, mom stays back to take on hawk
e. Everybody stays back and fights hawk.
Sallie and her brood chose answer d and all passed. Witnessed this today while feeding.