When an injured hawk can no longer raise chicks of her own, she raises chickens instead. HAWK MOTHER: THE STORY OF A RED-TAILED HAWK WHO HATCHED CHICKENS is a true story of nurture over nature.
An injured red-tailed hawk can no longer fly free, but her instinct to become a mother is so strong that she hatches
and raises two chickens in this true and heartwarming story of interspecies friendship.
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 fertile chicken eggs. Sunshine patiently incubates the eggs, and then they hatch. Will the chickens
recognize Sunshine as their mother? Will Sunshine accept the chicks as her own? Join zoologist Kara Hagedorn and
Sunshine to find out what happens in this heartwarming story of nurture over nature.
Free, downloadable activities designed to accompany the book are available on the publisher's website. Research,
anatomy, nature, art, vocabulary, and literature activities address
Common Core State Standards: ELA/Literacy
and
Next Generation Science Standards
.
