Southern Arizona museum asking for public’s help to find missing hawk

PHOENIX — A hawk from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum has been missing since Jan. 19 and the museum is now asking for help to locate him.

The museum posted to their Facebook page in hopes that someone would see him.

Since then, the original post has gotten almost 3,000 shares. However, the hawk is still missing.

“He is an adult bird, and has gone for a day trip a few times to socialize with local wild Harris’s hawks but has now been gone for a couple days,” the post said. “We are concerned he went beyond his usual range, and may be lost.”

The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is located in Tucson on Mile Wide and Kinney roads.

The museum said that the Harris’s hawk should have a gold band around his leg which should help people identify him.

All of the birds have trackers placed on them. Unfortunately, the tracker fell off. The museum hopes that because the hawk is comfortable around people, he may stick close by.

“He is unafraid of people and captive-born, so we think he may seek out people nearby. He may choose to hang around people or vocalize at them,” the post said.

If you have any information contact the museum at 520-883-2702 or email info@desertmuseum.org.