Tiny Hawks Can't Fly and in Need of Rescue, So They Fly to Safety in a Plane
Just two weeks before Mother’s Day on May 13, tree trimmers Sebastopol, California, discovered a bird’s nest with three small eggs inside.
The eggs appeared to be on the verge of hatching, so the tree removers took down the nest to continue their work and brought it to the Bird Rescue Center in Santa Rosa.
Volunteers quickly incubated the eggs, and in no time at all, the tiny birds inside came into the world.
Sadly, one of the three red-shouldered hawk chicks didn’t survive. The other hatchlings were fed by volunteers until the were able to be brought back to the place the tree used to be.
However, when they arrived, their parents would not accept the chicks, as they had not seen them when they hatched.
Now faced with the question of where to bring the baby hawks, the bird center worked to come up with a solution.
Soon, Jaime Davis-Meyer from the bird center came across the story of a red-shouldered hawk named Fiona.
Fiona was born with a deformity, but made the news for a very special reason. She’d consistently taken in orphaned hawks as her own and taught them all they needed to know before going back out into the wild.
Fiona lived in Morro Bay, about five hours away from Sebastopol by car. Although she was already looking after one orphaned hawk, her handlers agreed to a meeting with the chicks.
The bird center sent out a call for volunteers willing to drive the baby birds down to Morro Bay to their new foster mom.
When 13-year-old Karrabella Soldis heard what they needed, she had a better idea. She asked her dad, who is a pilot, if he would fly the birds there instead.
On Mother’s Day, the red-shouldered hawks were flown down to meet their new mom. Traveling in style in a warmed carrier, the chicks were comfy and cozy for the duration of their flight.
Soldis’ dad handed the birds off once he landed in in San Luis Obispo. Volunteers waiting for their arrival fed the birds on the tarmac before they continued on to their final destination in Morro Bay.
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