Why do hawks avoid to fly at night?

Although a hawk's vision is multiples sharper than a human's vision, their night vision is similar to a human's night vision. The eyeball of a hawk is fairly small. read more

Although a hawk’s vision is multiples sharper than a human’s vision, their night vision is similar to a human’s night vision. The eyeball of a hawk is fairly small. read more

Therefore hawks, like most birds, have great color vision and visual acuity, but have poor night vision. Nevetherless there are reports of hawks migrating at night. Peregrine falcons are known to do it and Northern harriers probably do it according to the following report. read more

The best you can do is place the feeder where the birds can dive into dense cover quickly if a hawk attacks. 1 Like Save September 12, 2016 at 4:40PM Thank you for reporting this comment. read more