Two baby hawks rescued, rehabilitated and released  

by Larry Chowning

HARDYVILLE—After falling from their nest in Chick Cove subdivision in Hardyville, two eyases came home Saturday, July 19, as juvenile red-shouldered hawks to meet their rescuers and to be released into the wild near where they fell from their nest.

Cheryl Jackson of Chick Cove and her friend, Missy Albanese of Urbanna, were on their way to Jackson’s home in the car on May 22 when they saw two small birds on the side of the road in Chick Cove.

“We saw something in the road and turned around and went back,” said Jackson. “Missy moved the birds to the side of the road and we went home to decide what to do. We didn’t know where they came from but we took a picture and started calling….

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