Which part of the food web does this Red Shouldered Hawk fit into?

1. Producer.

   No. A producer captures energy from sunlight, and stores it as food. To do that, the organism needs to contain chlorophyll. This hawk cannot use the energy of sunlight to produce its own food.

2. Primary Consumer.

   No. Primary consumers eat producers. This hawk does not eat living plants.

3. Secondary Consumer

   Yes! Secondary consumers eat other consumers. This hawk eats mice, snakes, and other animals.

4. Decomposer

   No. Decomposers break down dead and decaying organisms. The hawk may occasionally act as a scavenger, eating a freshly dead animal that it did not kill, but it is not a decomposer.

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