Workers found these ‘little guys’ on Arizona perch months ago. Now they’re going home
Months after a nest was found on “a perilous perch,” the chicks were released back to the wild, according to an Arizona energy company.
Power line workers in Buckeye noticed the red-tailed hawk nest sitting atop of electrical equipment in March, Arizona Public Service said in a Sept. 1 news release.
“Inside the nest were four eggs about to hatch,” the company said.
The nest’s location, however, posed “a hazard to the birds and equipment,” according to the company.
The company said it partnered with Liberty Wildlife, a nonprofit, to relocate the nest to a “nearby nesting platform, specially built to host the nest in a safer spot.”
In the days following, when the hawks’ parents didn’t return, the company said, “Liberty Wildlife took the nest and eggs to its facility.”
There, staff cared for the hawks after they hatched, the company said.
“They were placed with foster hawk parents who taught them how to fly and hunt,” the company said in a Sept. 4 Facebook post.
In late August, the company said the four “little guys” were released one-by-one to the wild near where their nest was originally rescued.
“Each hawk flew out and quickly adapted to their home,” the company said.
Red-tailed hawks are the most common hawks found in North America, according to the National Audubon Society.
“They have a year-round range in the entire state of Arizona and can commonly be seen soaring overhead or perched high up on telephone wires and high in trees,” according to Bird Feeder Hub.
Buckeye is about 35 miles southwest of Phoenix.
This story was originally published September 8, 2023 at 3:57 PM with the headline "Workers found these ‘little guys’ on Arizona perch months ago. Now they’re going home."
