Watch a North American raccoon scale a tree to steal eggs from a red-tailed hawk's nest

Watch a North American raccoon scale a tree to steal eggs from a red-tailed hawk's nest

Learn about the North American raccoon (Procyon lotor), shown here raiding the nest of a red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis).
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