hawk hits car at 60MPH

[faz]

hawk’s body was wedged between the partitions, with only its wings and a single talon visible. Its entire body – head and all – was inside the grille. ‘He was not moving,’ Mr Whitehead said.
He and the other mechanics were shocked when the bird stirred. ‘I looked in there and the hawk had his head turned kind of sideways. I could see his eye and he blinked.’


Mechanics reached for their cameras and started taking pictures of the rescue.
After some careful manoeuvring on the part of Mr Whitehead and fellow mechanics at Park Place Lexus, the hawk was freed from the grille.
Mr Whitehead was amazed that the bird appeared to be free from injury. ‘Nothing was broke,’ he said. ‘He wasn’t even missing a feather that I’m aware. I never even saw any feathers.’
However the hawk was obviously suffering from shock, and, according to Mr Whitehead, was flapping its wings but couldn’t fly.

To be on the safe side,he took the traumatised bird to local vet Greg Moore, who said he was confident the bird could recover from internal injuries and a concussion.
The vet said the hawk would in all likelihood be able to fly again.
Mr Moore the mechanics for the way they handled the bird. ‘They did a good job – handled the bird well.’
Mr Whitehead said: ‘I wish that every day would end that happy,’ he said.

[faz]

Originally Posted by faz

hawk’s body was wedged between the partitions, with only its wings and a single talon visible. Its entire body – head and all – was inside the grille. ‘He was not moving,’ Mr Whitehead said.
He and the other mechanics were shocked when the bird stirred. ‘I looked in there and the hawk had his head turned kind of sideways. I could see his eye and he blinked.’


Mechanics reached for their cameras and started taking pictures of the rescue.
After some careful manoeuvring on the part of Mr Whitehead and fellow mechanics at Park Place Lexus, the hawk was freed from the grille.
Mr Whitehead was amazed that the bird appeared to be free from injury. ‘Nothing was broke,’ he said. ‘He wasn’t even missing a feather that I’m aware. I never even saw any feathers.’
However the hawk was obviously suffering from shock, and, according to Mr Whitehead, was flapping its wings but couldn’t fly.

To be on the safe side,he took the traumatised bird to local vet Greg Moore, who said he was confident the bird could recover from internal injuries and a concussion.
The vet said the hawk would in all likelihood be able to fly again.
Mr Moore the mechanics for the way they handled the bird. ‘They did a good job – handled the bird well.’
Mr Whitehead said: ‘I wish that every day would end that happy,’ he said.

its a red tail hawk

[RoyW]

Saw this on the news this morning - a lucky bird!

[Wild-Woman]

Tough old bird!

[Adam Cheeseman]

Originally Posted by faz

its a red tail hawk

and they ain't small birds!

Cheers,

Adam

[AfternoonLemon]

That is absolutely incredible... how on earth could it have survived an impact of 60mph, let alone be unscathed?!

[The Woodman]

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

and they ain't small birds! Adam

Small birds suffer at 60 mph, too.

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by The Woodman

Small birds suffer at 60 mph, too.

Don't start with the cat stuff.

I am amazed how often birds get missed by cars, they don't all have much road sense.

[faz]

Originally Posted by The Woodman

Small birds suffer at 60 mph, too.

aww poor wren

[Adam Cheeseman]

I don't have a copy of the photo, but a friend of mine showed a picture of the front of their son's bus once. It had a Grey Heron sticking out of the destination display!

Cheers,

Adam