City firefighters help rescue hawk

Jeff Day, a conservation officer with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game holds a Swainson's Hawk as members of the Mountain Home Fire Department maneuvered a ladder truck into position to place the young bird back in its nest.

by Tim Bondy

Mountain Home News

A young Swainson's Hawk was safely placed back in its nest Thursday morning thanks to members of the Mountain Home Fire Department.

A local resident reported the bird was laying on the ground near their house on South 2nd East Street.

Jeff Day, a senior conservation office for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, took possession of the ...

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