Most predation by the owls on the hawks is directed at nestlings at the point wherever the pink-tails' nestlings are outdated adequate that the parents no more time roost close to the nest at night. In a single circumstance, a red-tailed hawk was observed to destroy a bald eagle chick, no matter whether this was predatory or competitive, it swiftly abandoned the useless nestling just after the eagle’s mothers and fathers returned.