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a baby red-shouldered hawk in need of Help



To all who can help:
My neighbor who last year had the nesting barred owls,
has red-shouldered hawks. This morning at 5:30 am, she
noticed a big bird leave an oak limb and fly off
dropping something that landed in a pile of leaves. It
was a RS baby! She had it in a fake nest of leaves and
she and her husband have been feeding it  pieces of
raw chicken and it is eating.
Questions:
How do you know wwhen to stop feeding it?
How big pieces?
Could a barred owl(or GH) have snatched it from the
nest? You can see another baby in the nest on the
other side of her property in a pine.
A tree guy, Mark Perry from chapel hill is coming
tomorrow to help put it back in the nest. Is that the
best way to do it? She is keeping it ina  big box
inside tonite. Where should she keep it when she
leaves for work in the AM? She was going to let it be
outside in its"nest" on the ground.Her brothers would
watch out after it. I did not think that was
safe.Where would be the best place to keep it til the
tree guy comes?
It is about six, 7 inches long, but tall when it
stands to defecate off the side of the "nest".White
fuzzy head. with slight black barring on wings.
It takes the chiken willingly.
Thanks to all who can answer. Kate

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Kate Finlayson
N. Chatham Co.,N.C.
katefin@yahoo.com