🦅 Baby Hawk: Complete Guide to Hawk Eyasses

A baby hawk is called an eyass (or eyas) — one of the most unique baby animal names in English. When it leaves the nest, it becomes a brancher, then a fledgling.

Baby Name: Eyass / Eyas
After nesting: Brancher → Fledgling
Eggs: 2-5 per clutch
Incubation: 28-35 days
First Flight: 42-46 days
Hunting: Learned from parents

Fun Facts About Baby Hawks

"Eyass" comes from Old French "niais" — meaning naive/foolish

Older siblings sometimes kill younger ones (siblicide)

Parents drop dead prey into the nest for eyasses to eat

Branchers walk out of the nest onto branches before flying

Red-tailed hawk eyasses practice hunting with grass and sticks

Eyes change from gray to yellow to dark brown as they mature

First-year hawks have different plumage than adults

Falconers specifically use the term "eyass" for captive-bred birds