Our Hawk

Last week this hawk (we've named her Sally) sat on the ground for about an hour and only walked a few feet at a time. It was apparent (to us) that Sally was injured. We went to our neighbors to the west of us and told them not to let their dogs out b/c we had an injured hawk. I called our neighbor, Jeff, who knows everything about birds, and all wild life here in Nebraska. Jeff wasn't home. He was off fishing :) But his wife was home and came out to see our injured hawk.

NOT to worry--I called the Nebrasak Humane Society and HELP was on the WAY!

Meantime another hawk kept a close watch over Sally. He constantly flew down from the tops of the trees flying right by her and then back to the trees (over and over again) each time making a VERY LOUD obnoxious SOUND. All our hearts ached for poor Sally--we wanted this other Hawk to know that emergency personnel would be here soon.

Before the Humane Society arrived... Sally surprised us all and flew up to the roof of our neighbors house. She COULD FLY!

The mystery of Sally on the ground for so long...We learned that Sally is an adolescent hawk. Adolescent hawks are almost as big in size like their parents. The problem --they are too big for the nest but have not yet learned the skills of flying.

This is Sally TODAY sitting on our roof-top. And yes--her parents were nearby keeping a watchful eye on her :)