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Cooper's Hawk juvenile back in the nest

After eating the shrew, the vocal young Cooper's Hawk flew back to the nest!

 

Now the story gets really sad. Three days later, on August 24, this young hawk was on the ground under the nest tree, barely able to move. I took her to Fellow Mortals Wildlife Hospital, where she (they said she was a female) was admitted with body trauma and right leg and foot paresis (weakness, loss of voluntary movement). The cause of her injuries was unknown. She did not survive.

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Uploaded on August 21, 2013
Taken on August 21, 2013