Hawk rescue - 09 Oct 2008
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As I held it calmly in my glove-coved hands I tried to figure out how to get it out of the middle of the street. Its difficult to move a several hundred pound scooter while holding a hawk in my hands. I debated tucking it into my jacket, but decided to set it back down on the ground and park the scooter. I returned and picked up the bird a second time, and as I walked it toward the grass it woke up and began to struggle. I let it flap its wings a couple of time and then released it. It flew two houses down and landed in the tree. Yay!I returned to the scooter confident that it was going to be ok.
2506 21st Street, Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, US
Oct 9, 2008 3:30 PM - 3:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.1 mile(s)
1 species
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1 I noticed a large object in the street in front of me, and realized that it was a hawk. As I slowed to approach it the bird made no effort to fly away. I eased up right next to it and watched as it stared blankly out into the distance. It had just killed a pigeon, and must’ve been feeding on it in the middle of the street. I wondered if it got hit by a car, but couldn’t see any evidence of injury. I rolled up right next to it, and reached down and picked it up. A lovely immature Cooper’s Hawk!
As I held it calmly in my glove-coved hands I tried to figure out how to get it out of the middle of the street. Its difficult to move a several hundred pound scooter while holding a hawk in my hands. I debated tucking it into my jacket, but decided to set it back down on the ground and park the scooter. I returned and picked up the bird a second time, and as I walked it toward the grass it woke up and began to struggle. I let it flap its wings a couple of time and then released it. It flew two houses down and landed in the tree. Yay!I returned to the scooter confident that it was going to be ok.
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Oct 9, 2008 3:30 PM - 3:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.1 mile(s)
1 species
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1 I noticed a large object in the street in front of me, and realized that it was a hawk. As I slowed to approach it the bird made no effort to fly away. I eased up right next to it and watched as it stared blankly out into the distance. It had just killed a pigeon, and must’ve been feeding on it in the middle of the street. I wondered if it got hit by a car, but couldn’t see any evidence of injury. I rolled up right next to it, and reached down and picked it up. A lovely immature Cooper’s Hawk!
As I held it calmly in my glove-coved hands I tried to figure out how to get it out of the middle of the street. Its difficult to move a several hundred pound scooter while holding a hawk in my hands. I debated tucking it into my jacket, but decided to set it back down on the ground and park the scooter. I returned and picked up the bird a second time, and as I walked it toward the grass it woke up and began to struggle. I let it flap its wings a couple of time and then released it. It flew two houses down and landed in the tree. Yay!I returned to the scooter confident that it was going to be ok.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
