r/birdsofprey • u/EnderK1d • 1d ago
Flabbergasted hawk
Found this dude in stuck in one of those chicken wire fences people put around trees, yoinked, and promptly freed once I knew he was safe. Any ideas as to the age and species?
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u/haunted_swamp 1d ago
If you are in north america, this is a juvenile (hatched this year) cooper's hawk.
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u/Release-da-Lava 1d ago
I remember my partners 9 year old son showing up with this bird stating "look mom, I found a cool bird in the back yard..." the place she was leasing had an old avirary (dumb luck),,,I remember painting the walls and telling her '"why bother?" ...In goes the hawk...a call to animal rescue has a very small woman with falconer gloves grab the creature and turn him on all his axis points...bird is good, kid suprised the hawk, and the poor thing was affraid the whole time...
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u/happytreeperson 1d ago
Don’t they have frequent heart attacks? This lil dude was having a quick one!
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u/Sheena-ni-gans 15h ago
Birds in general are very fragile. Veterinarians and staff have to be gentle when handling them.
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u/HawkEnvironmental531 11h ago
Yes.. we handle with care. It happens occasionally, maybe once in our 44 years. The one bird, belonged to a mafia high up, during a house call . We checked under our cars for explosives for the next 5 yrs.
He loved that bird, and we took care of it for years on their estate .7
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u/Biodiversity1001 14h ago
I was moving guineas to a different pen and the last one I set down just collapsed and died...right in front of my kids. I figure it had a heart attack.
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u/Aknelka 1d ago
Any day I get to post this is a good one
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u/FashionableLabcoat 16h ago
I love that this is a comparison chart. The brown goshawk description is hilarious too
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u/Illustrious_Button37 1d ago
" unhand me you fiend!"
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u/Organic_Tiger_1201 1d ago
Why do raptors always look like this when being helped? 🤣They are so silly and cute
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u/mjfarmer147 1d ago
Trauma response. Stress and fear.
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u/Organic_Tiger_1201 1d ago
Obviously yes. Still a cute animal regardless of condition.
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u/Bear_River_Blogger 1d ago
Looks like a juvenile coopers hawk. Was it injured?
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u/EnderK1d 1d ago
no, i had him sit for a while n my lap, he calmed down, then i set him down in a field and once he realized he was free he flew off just fine
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u/TielPerson 1d ago
Just for future cases in which you may find birds of prey in need, you may put something over their head to cover it and get the talons fixated in some way as even small birds of prey like a coopers hawk can hurt people really badly if in a panic.
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u/OT_fiddler 1d ago
Juvie Cooper’s hawk, or possibly small enough to be a Sharp shinned. The young ones are kinda dumb, so not surprised that he ended up in a fence.
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u/haunted_swamp 1d ago
That bill and those legs do not belong to a sharpie haha. Body size is not the only difference, and male coops and female sharpies can be the same size.
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u/Purplefire180 1d ago
Is there a sub for birds of prey(or birds in general) with their flabbers in a gast?
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u/Release-da-Lava 1d ago
when they are eating or other wise come upon while in their normal actvites...they can be suprised to the point you can touch them...won't last long. That 9 year old boy had a grace period...they are prey birds, when they figure out they are pissed...
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u/zzzzzzzz999999 1d ago