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Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
A Young Cooper’s Hawk Learned to Use a Crosswalk Signal to Launch Surprise Attacks on Other Birds
Researcher Vladimir Dinets watched the bird repeatedly sneak behind a row of cars to ambush its unsuspecting prey ...
Boing Boing on MSN15h
Bird brain - clever New Jersey hawk uses crosswalk signal in hunting strategy
Motor vehicles are among the top five causes of bird death in the United States, killing about 200 million birds in ...
The Pedestrians Who Abetted a Hawk’s Deadly Attack
Vladimir Dinets was driving his daughter to school when he first noticed a hawk using a pedestrian crosswalk.The bird—a young ...
Earth.com1d
Young hawk uses city traffic to sneak up on its prey
A young Cooper’s hawk used traffic signals and parked cars to outwit its prey, revealing surprising intelligence in urban ...
Courthouse News Service7d
Cooper’s hawk waits for red light, outsmarts urban prey
A Cooper's hawk in Tennessee learned to use pedestrian crossing signals and stopped traffic as a hunting cover.
ZME Science on MSN6d
A Hawk in New Jersey Figured Out Traffic Signals and Used Them to Hunt
One winter morning in suburban New Jersey, Vladimir Dinets stopped at a red light — and saw something he couldn’t believe.
This Hawk Figured Out Traffic Signals to Ambush Its Prey
Birds continue to be amazing. Crows can use tools and hold grudges against specific people. Magpies can recognize themselves ...
EurekAlert!6d
Street smarts: how a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more successfully
Dr Vladimir Dinets, a research assistant professor at the University of Tennessee, is a zoologist who studies animal behavior ...
IFLScience on MSN6d
Clever Hawk Spotted Using Pedestrian Crossing To Catch Prey In New Jersey
The Cooper’s hawk Dinets spotted on his commute was, in that sense at least, not unusual. But it was the particular technique ...
EL PAÍS English6d
How a hawk learned to use traffic lights to hunt in the city
According to Dinets, goshawks seem to have adopted the same technique after observing them. In South America, several vulture ...
Seguin Gazette2dOpinion
Finch: Bird feeder could produce meal for hawk
Q. Why would a Cooper’s hawk be hunting on the ground around a bird feeder? Would she expect to find a sparrow or small ...
The Atlantic7d
The Pedestrians Who Abetted a Hawk’s Deadly Attack
Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. In November of 2021, Vladimir Dinets was driving his daughter to school when he first ...