Nature Done Wright

Got a call from a friend around 3 p.m. yesterday about an injured hawk on the curb at the entrance to Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace just off Route 17 in Ramsey. It had been standing there stunned for 20 minutes, and she was concerned that it was injured and dazed enough to hop in front of a vehicle.

On the advice of the Franklin Lakes Animal Hospital, Patty and I called Tyco. We got an answering machine and left a message, then went to Uncle Giuseppe's.

When I went to put it into a carrying cage out of harm's way, it flew into a nearby tree. My guess is that it collided with a car and was concussed. By the time Patty and I got there, it had rebounded enough to fly to a nearby tree.

It's so great to know that the Franklin Lakes Animal Hospital and Tyco are there to help injured raptors — not to mention The Raptor Trust and the awesome volunteers who transport the injured birds there,

My friend thought it was Sharp-shin, and she's probably right but I thought there might be a chance that it was a male Cooper's Hawk.

Any thoughts?