[va-richmond-general] Re: Cooper's Hawk Rescue at a Henrico Craft store=Saturday Nov. 15, 2014
- From: "Maggie" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "heron329@xxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: juliekazz@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:24:46 -0500
Great job, ladies! How about a shout out to those brave parakeets?
Margareta
On Nov 16, 2014, at 2:12 PM, juliekazz@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> A Cooper's Hawk became trapped inside a West End Arts and Craft store on
> Friday Nov. 14 after it reportedly flew through an open door in hot pursuit
> of a songbird. The hawk, a formidable creature spent it's time flying thru
> the rafters of the store and was observed devouring the prey it had sought.
> Friday evening attempts were unsuccessful by a local Richmond Rehab center
> team to capture the hawk.
>
> Yesterday, the store reopened with the Cooper's Hawk continuing to soar over
> the Holiday Season's decorations and looking for prey. Four ladies from RAS
> were up for the task of saving the hawk. With a well, thought-out plan of
> combining a Bal Chatri Trap baited with 2 parakeets (who remained unharmed)
> and an audio lure playing "Starling sounds", the Cooper's Hawk was
> successfully trapped within 20 minutes of set-up. The trap was placed about
> 15-20 feet up on a bank of shelves. The Hawk flew in from the "Framing"
> Department, paused over "Kid's Craft's" and then came down on the trap in the
> "Memory Book" section. And what a memory this was.
>
> The Hawk was in good shape, unharmed by the trap. It vocalized some and was
> strong but had beginning signs of dehydration. After fluid repletion and any
> needed rehab, the goal is for the center to release the Hawk. The Parakeets
> will be donated to a good home or two.
>
> Incredible effort by our team: Kim Cook, Margaret Ebbs and Rita Shultz. Of
> course our continued support and confidence from Dr. Bob Reilly.
>
> As Bob said...that must have been one "cooper-ative" hawk!
>
> Great team! Great news for the Hawk!
> JulieKacmarcik
> Chester
>
>
> <COHA Iin the rafters at Michael's Nov 15 2014.jpg>
> <The trap is set.jpg>
> <Capture.jpg><Rockin RALU's.jpg>
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