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UPDATE: Injured Hawk Collected on State Route 60 in Badlands

The injured bird-of-prey was turned over to a Project Wildlife volunteer based in Temecula.

Update 10:59 a.m. The injured red-tailed hawk collected Thursday afternoon was on westbound State Route 60 in the Badlands west of Beaumont.

The hawk was next to a center divider on the freeway, in the curves between Jack Rabbit Trail and Gilman Springs Road.

Two California Highway Patrol officers shut down both westbound lanes of the freeway so Riverside County Animal Services officer Caitlin Barron could reach the hawk, an animal services spokesman said.

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Barron took the raptor to bird-of-prey rehab specialists Anysia Dickson Thursday night. Dickson gave the hawk fluids and treated it for feather mites.

The hawk seemed slow to react, but it is a strong bird, Dickson said.

When the hawk is strong enough to be released back into the wild, it will be taken back to the general area where it was found by Barron, an animal services spokesman said.

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Posted 9:59 a.m. An animal control officer collected an injured hawk Thursday afternoon on State Route 60 on the west edge of Beaumont.

The injured bird-of-prey was reported near Jack Rabbit Trail and State Rout 60, where a California Highway Patrol officer shut down a lane of the freeway so an animal control officer could get to the hawk safely, according to Department of Animal Services spokesman John Welsh.

The hawk was turned over to a Project Wildlife volunteer based in Temecula, Welsh said.


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