LAKE ERIE NATURE & SCIENCE CENTER USES BUCKET TRUCK TO RETURN BABY RED-TAILED HAWK TO NEST SITE

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  Lake Erie Nature & Science Center Wildlife Director Dave Wolf starts the descent in the bucket truck once the baby hawk is settled in the artificial nest. Photo courtesy of City of Shaker Heights.

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  Lake Erie Nature & Science Center Wildlife Director Dave Wolf transfers a displaced baby hawk into an artificial nest below its original nest. The parents can be expected to find and care for the young bird which is almost ready to "branch." Photo courtesy of City of Shaker Heights.

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  A young hawk waits patiently for Lake Erie Nature & Science Center staff to start the re-nesting process.
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  Lake Erie Nature & Science Center Wildlife Rehabilitation Coordinator Amy LeMonds fashioned this artificial nest out of a laundry basket. The nest was fastened to a Shaker Heights tree using a ratcheting strap.