When the night sky brightens in the east, owls retire to hollow trees and shady thickets.
Hawks are quick, efficient predators.
Eyesight of some hawks is as sharp as that of a human looking through eight-power binoculars. While hunting, hawks may soar high, sit and watch from a perch or strike their prey in midair. A snap from the hooked bill can crush a prey's skull or break its back. The bird may eat on the ground or carry its kill to a feeding spot, often a fencepost or tree limb, where it plucks its prey and tears the meat apart with its beak. Unlike an owl, a hawk does not swallow its food whole or in large chunks.