Hawk Question: Need Answer ASAP Please! (1 Viewer)

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Sergiu25

New member

• Jun 30, 2006

• #1

Hey everyone,

I found a baby hawk outside so I took it in, put it in a birdcage, gave it some water, etc.

What should I feed it? Is there anything in particular I should give it in addition to water? What food? Thank you very much.

 

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Sergiu25

New member

• Jun 30, 2006

• #2

http://static.flickr.com/74/178516740_9e1a8599d4.jpg is a picture I just took of it..

 

nirofo

Well-known member

• Jun 30, 2006

• #3

Sergiu25 said:

Hey everyone,

I found a baby hawk outside so I took it in, put it in a birdcage, gave it some water, etc.

What should I feed it? Is there anything in particular I should give it in addition to water? What food? Thank you very much.[/QUOTE]

Take it back where you found it and hope it's parents find and feed it!

If you find a young bird in future don't assume it's been abandoned by the adults, the adults are probably hiding until you leave the area!

nirofo.

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Sergiu25

New member

• Jun 30, 2006

• #4

I found it in the bushes outside. I live in a populated urban area; the north side of Chicago, so we have plently of squirrels and pigeons here and I fear that they will harm the hawk..

 

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Sergiu25

New member

• Jun 30, 2006

• #5

http://static.flickr.com/78/178539302_cc43f05a4c.jpg?v=0

 

Andy Bright

Administrator

Staff member

• Jun 30, 2006

• #6

This doesn't appear to be a particularly young bird (American Kestrel?), you should contact a wildife rehab centre as soon as possible, you're likely to be breaking laws if you try to keep it.

regards,
Andy

 

Andy Bright

Administrator

Staff member

• Jun 30, 2006

• #7

Try this http://flintcreekwildlife.org/ call them.
A pdf listing authorised Illinois wildlife rehabbers is here http://flintcreekwildlife.org/IDNR_Permit_List_2005.pdf