Do hawks eat squirrels?

Texas Red Tailed Hawk stalks, pursues and eats a large Fox Squirrel on January 5, 2014 during very cold weather for Texas and high winds. read more

Yes, anything small enough to be nabbed and carried off is fair game. More usually they'd got for rabbits and squirrels and other small mammals, but I've seen a situation where kittens were selected as prey. read more

Cooper's Hawks primarily feed on other birds with the common targets being American Robins, European Starlings, doves, quail, pheasant, chickens and grouse. They are known for robbing nests and often eat squirrels, hares, chipmunks and bats as well. read more

Red-tailed hawks can and do eat ground squirrels and could, in the right habitat, eat tree squirrels. Remember also that squirrels vary in size from those somewhat larger than mice to fox squirrels and Abert's squirrels weighing close to a pound. read more