GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -A Hawk that eats a frog is a tertiary Consumer. A tertiary consumer is an animal that consumes its nutrition by eating primary consumers and secondary consumers. Eg-a hawk eats a frog, which has eaten a grasshopper, which has eaten grass.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tertiary consumers are ones that are on the fourth trophic level. Some examples of tertiary consumers are sea turtles, sea lions, hawks, and foxes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hawks are considered to be secondary or tertiary consumers in a food chain. This means they eat primary consumers and other secondary consumers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Diet: Red-tailed hawks are carnivores (meat-eaters) that eat mainly rodents, but also rabbits, reptiles, and other birds. At Cosley Zoo, the hawk is fed mice, rats and quail.