By
John Hilliard GLOBE CORRESPONDENT JANUARY 21, 2019
A rare
great black hawk that has become a celebrity for bird enthusiasts in Maine was
rescued by visitors at a Portland park after they found the animal on the
ground and suffering from frostbite Sunday morning, according to a local bird
rehabilitation center.
The hawk,
which is native to Central and South America, was expected to be examined by a
veterinarian on Monday, according to a Facebook post by Avian Haven, a Freedom,
Maine-based organization that cares for injured and orphaned birds.
“The
bird’s obvious difficulty was frostbitten feet. After some emergency care for
that condition as well as general debilitation, the hawk was settled into an
ICU for the night. This morning, he was alert and standing,” Avian Haven said
in the post.
UPDATE: Rare
raptor’s health improving after being rescued during snowstorm
January
22, 2019
By DEIRDRE
FLEMING
Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald
PORTLAND
— A great black hawk that was found on the ground in Portland during Sunday’s
snowstorm and brought to a midcoast wildlife rehabilitation center was standing
and looking alert Monday morning, Avian Haven reported.
The rare
raptor was residing in Deering Oaks Park the past few weeks and was found by
passersby who said it was unable to stand and who contacted Avian Haven in
Freedom, which specializes in the rehabilitation of wild birds.
Before
this year, a great black hawk – a raptor native to Central and South American –
had never been seen in Maine and was extremely rare in the United States.
A great black hawk believed to be the same bird
found Sunday first appeared in Maine on Aug. 9, only the second time the bird
had ever been seen in the U.S., according to Maine Audubon Naturalist Doug
Hitchcox.
Avian
Haven co-owner Diane Winn said the injured hawk that was found in the snow in
Deering Oaks Park appeared to have frostbite on its feet, although frostbite
can “take a while to declare itself.”
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