CHP Rescues Injured Hawk From East Bay Highway

OAKLAND, CA — Officers respond to their fair share of weird calls, but not many involve talons.

One California Highway Patrol officer got quite the surprise while responding to a call about an injured hawk standing in the middle of traffic lanes on an Oakland freeway on Tuesday. It's unclear what injured the hawk or what condition it's in.

Video shared by Oakland's California Highway Patrol shows an officer approaching a small hawk facing the freeway barrier.

The hawk lets the officer easily pick it up and place it into a box, as the video shows.

"Officer Villegas safely rescued the hawk and brought it back to the officer, where it was secured until arrangements could be made to transport it to a proper wildlife facility," according to the California Highway Patrol. "No citation, no questions asked... just a little help getting this hawk back on its wings."

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