{"id":2177523,"date":"2024-09-19T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2177523"},"modified":"2024-09-14T11:32:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T10:32:19","slug":"incredible-video-shows-a-baby-hawk-nearly-becoming-eagle-food-it-becomes-family-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/incredible-video-shows-a-baby-hawk-nearly-becoming-eagle-food-it-becomes-family-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Incredible video shows a baby hawk nearly becoming eagle food. It becomes family instead."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sometimes, life can unexpectedly snatch you away from safety and thrust you into imminent danger. Other times, life can just as quickly turn a dire circumstance into a heartwarming miracle.<\/p>\n

Such was the case for a baby hawk who went from being dinner to being adopted by a family of bald eagles near the city of Nanaimo in British Columbia, Canada. The amazing moment was captured by a 24-hour livestream webcam run by GROWLS, a nonprofit organization that helps rescue and rehabilitate injured wildlife.<\/p>\n

The video shows the seemingly doomed baby hawk being tossed into an eaglet\u2019s nest. Pam McCartney, a GROWLS volunteer who had been watching the livestream at the time, braced herself.<\/p>\n

“Usually when I watch, like, David Attenborough and his shows, I can close my eyes or fast forward or whatever, but this was live at the time, and I was just like, oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh,” she told CBC.<\/p>\n

Much to her surprise, nature seemed to have something else in mind.<\/p>\n

The baby hawk had inexplicably survived the eagle\u2019s talons, which in itself was an extraordinary feat according to ornithologist and Professor Emeritus of Wildlife Biology at Montreal’s McGill University, David Bird, who shared the story on a segment of the radio show \u201cAs It Happens.\u201d Yes, a guy who studies birds has the last name Bird. It\u2019s too perfect.<\/p>\n