Red-tailed Hawk Chick Works Out Wings At Cornell Hawks Nest

With fledging just around the corner in late June, the chicks from the Cornell Hawks Cam have started their wing workouts with spirited bouts of flapping. This activity builds essential flight muscles like the pectoralis and supracoracoideus—the key players behind those powerful upstroke and downstroke wing movements.

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