Rehabbed hawk released to squawks of delight from crowd
The wound to a red-tailed hawk’s wrist is visible in a photo taken on Dec. 1 at Wildbird Recovery in Middlesex Township. The hawk, named Saxony, which was rescued from a Winfield Township tree on Nov. 30 by the state Game Commission and Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company, was released back into the wild on Thursday.
Saxony, an injured red-tailed hawk whose recovery demonstrates the power of local collaboration, was released on Thursday as his human supporters screeched with delight.
A neighbor of the former Cooper’s Station restaurant noticed the hawk struggling in a tree on Nov. 30 behind the building and called the state Game Commission.
Online donations can be made at wildbirdrecovery.org/donate, or checks can be mailed to Wildbird Recovery, 120 Forsythe Rd. Valencia, Pa. 16059.
