- A deputy in Tampa successfully rescued a red-shouldered hawk trapped in a screened-in pool enclosure by gently coaxing it out with a net and freeing it from the mesh.
A backyard rescue captured on body camera became a careful negotiation with a hawk that didn’t seem particularly interested in letting go.
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, an elderly Tampa resident called 911 after discovering what appeared to be a red-shouldered hawk trapped inside a screened-in pool enclosure.
The body-cam video shared by HCSO showed the responding deputy moving toward the side of the home, where they found the bird near the enclosure’s edge…