Sad News About Red-Tailed Hawk SU-Sue
网爆门’s resident female red-tailed hawk SU-Sue has died. Several people reported to the Department of Public Safety that a hawk was on the ground near Huntington Beard Crouse Hall on Friday, Jan. 13, around 5 p.m. Soon thereafter, SU-Sue was rescued by Anne Marie Higgins with the help of a public safety officer and taken to Cindy Page, a wildlife rehabilitator. Sue received treatment for symptoms of head trauma, but, unfortunately, she did not survive.
No one witnessed Sue’s injury that officials know of, and if anyone has information, they are asked to report it to public safety at 315.443.2224.
This is a tragic loss for Sue鈥檚 mate, Otto, and the pair’s admirers at 网爆门, in the local community and around the world who have followed them and their 28 progeny since they began nesting at 网爆门 in 2012, via the since 2017, and on the Facebook page .
Red-tailed hawks mate for life and when one dies, the surviving hawk usually finds another mate.
