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Amaryllis

(9,523 posts)
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 08:04 PM Aug 2017

"Harvey The Hurricane Hawk" Hunkers Down With Cabbie During Storm

“He just kind of hopped on in and doesn’t want to leave. I’m not sure what to make of it,” the driver said.



A hawk became an unlikely sidekick to a Texas cab driver after seeking refuge inside the man’s vehicle and apparently refusing to leave.Houston driver William Bruso said he was stocking up on supplies on Friday ahead of Hurricane Harvey when he returned to find the bird sitting on his passenger seat.

“He looks like he’s scared. He doesn’t know what’s going on,” Bruso narrates in one of 10 YouTube videos documenting the bird’s surprise visit. “He just kind of hopped on in and doesn’t want to leave. I’m not sure what to make of it.”

Bruso said he tried to shoo the hawk away, to no avail. Videos later showed the animal perched on the door of his parked car, still refusing to fly away. Bruso eventually took the bird inside and gave it chicken hearts to snack on.

Harvey stayed in Bruso’s home overnight, but a worker with the Texas Wildlife Rehab Coalition was seen scooping the bird up on Saturday and taking it to a shelter for professional care.

“He’s been free to go, any time now, but they’re going to take him,” Bruso said as a woman with TWRC retrieved Harvey. “He may need to be rehabilitated so everyone knows he’s in good hands.”

A TWRC spokeswoman confirmed to HuffPost in an email on Sunday that the bird is “safe with a licensed rehabilitator.” She also shared a video of the hawk in a cage.


“He has an injury that is preventing him from flying, so would not have survived the storm if he was not picked up,” an unidentified woman is heard saying in the video.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/harvey-the-hurricane-hawk_us_59a2cd21e4b06d67e33833a9

Animals are good judges of people. He recognized a safe and compassionate human, which is probably why he wouldn't leave.
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"Harvey The Hurricane Hawk" Hunkers Down With Cabbie During Storm (Original Post) Amaryllis Aug 2017 OP
what a nice guy KT2000 Aug 2017 #1
Harvey the Hurricane Hawk is one very smart and lucky bird. democratisphere Aug 2017 #2
Scary though... KatyMan Aug 2017 #23
Awww shenmue Aug 2017 #3
K&R for a good news story :-) TheBlackAdder Aug 2017 #4
So nice to have something uplifting in the face of all the rest. I reallydo believe that goodhearted Amaryllis Aug 2017 #5
Fear. Also, for many people, they like to see that others are suffering more than they are. TheBlackAdder Aug 2017 #6
Some people believe there is only so much happy Phoenix61 Aug 2017 #7
+1 narnian60 Aug 2017 #22
What a gorgeous bird. 3catwoman3 Aug 2017 #8
The hawks around where I live are pretty much brown all over. Have never seen one with such striking Amaryllis Aug 2017 #9
Looks like a Cooper's hawk to me. misanthrope Aug 2017 #10
You are correct. I see a lot of them here as well. lastlib Aug 2017 #13
Well, he was wet and hurt misanthrope Aug 2017 #14
Yep, juvenile male I believe nt geek tragedy Aug 2017 #19
The wife and I are "bird people" Plucketeer Aug 2017 #11
Ahhh. :) A kitten adopted my son in an ice storm Hortensis Aug 2017 #12
That's a cat for you-- lastlib Aug 2017 #15
LOL!!! I can tell you are also a beneficiary of feline kindness. Hortensis Aug 2017 #17
the original video of harvey the hurricane hawk AllaN01Bear Aug 2017 #16
Thanks for the video! progressoid Aug 2017 #18
that wing is broken. mopinko Aug 2017 #21
"...took the bird inside and gave it some chicken hearts to snacks on" nadine_mn Aug 2017 #20

KT2000

(20,544 posts)
1. what a nice guy
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 08:09 PM
Aug 2017

to have taken care of him. Good people too who will see him through his recovery. And what a smart hawk.

KatyMan

(4,146 posts)
23. Scary though...
Mon Aug 28, 2017, 05:37 PM
Aug 2017

Imagine if that hawk felt threatened all of the sudden and decided to fuck you up. You'd be in a world of hurt, especially in a closed vehicle. Good for that guy for being so brave.

Amaryllis

(9,523 posts)
5. So nice to have something uplifting in the face of all the rest. I reallydo believe that goodhearted
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 08:23 PM
Aug 2017

people outweigh the others; they just don't get as much attention. Why is that?

Phoenix61

(16,951 posts)
7. Some people believe there is only so much happy
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 08:42 PM
Aug 2017

If one person has a lot they must be taking happy away from others. Basically, a bunch of mean spirited dumbasses fucking it up for everybody else.

Amaryllis

(9,523 posts)
9. The hawks around where I live are pretty much brown all over. Have never seen one with such striking
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 10:06 PM
Aug 2017

markings.

lastlib

(22,980 posts)
13. You are correct. I see a lot of them here as well.
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 10:45 PM
Aug 2017

They are beautiful birds! But they generally have a pretty feisty attitude toward humans.

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
11. The wife and I are "bird people"
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 10:34 PM
Aug 2017

that is to say, not cat or dog aficionados. One day some years ago, I went out to our garage to find an injured Coopers Hawk taking refuge on a pile of boxes. A local critter rehab place took him to their facility. The two days he was with us, he was not flustered at all by our comings and goings.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
12. Ahhh. :) A kitten adopted my son in an ice storm
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 10:41 PM
Aug 2017

on a bitterly cold February night, in a parking lot while leaving, in a neighboring state where he'd gone to do a job. The motel clerk said a neighboring resident had kittens who were neglected and pretty much on their own, so the kitten rode to his new home in Georgia with our son. Who certainly had had no intention of getting a cat. But that's so often the way.

lastlib

(22,980 posts)
15. That's a cat for you--
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 10:48 PM
Aug 2017

Cold, and hungry, and homeless, and alone, and it STILL took your son in! Their generosity can be boundless, as long as you can work the can opener!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
17. LOL!!! I can tell you are also a beneficiary of feline kindness.
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 11:03 PM
Aug 2017

Our last is gone now, but I'll always be grateful for his company at my lonely desk, especially in winter. He even often could tell when I needed a break from keyboarding, though how he knew the can opener wasn't in my office I don't know.

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
20. "...took the bird inside and gave it some chicken hearts to snacks on"
Mon Aug 28, 2017, 02:41 AM
Aug 2017

This story is heartwarming and sweet...but it's the fact the guy had chicken hearts that is cracking me up.

The hawk not only knew the guy was an ok human to trust...but also he had tasty snacks.

Gotta add chicken hearts to my grocery list of things to stock in my fridge for animal emergencies.

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