Curious hawk discovered in classroom

Authorities were called to a San Diego school after a hawk was found injured inside a classroom. Authorities were contacted after a custodian discovered the hawk in a classroom at Grant Elementary School in Mission Hills.



The hawk flew into the classroom through an open door or window just before 1pm on Wednesday, but it had apparently hurt itself after crashing into a closed window when trying to fly out. "I left it open for lunch. When I came back, he was inside," said custodian Didier Campbell, who has worked at the school for 30 years.

Campbell said, "It's scary because I was trying to go make it go to the door and I scared and spooked it. And it backed up and just flew straight into it (the window). And it was like a real big crash. It fell and it was knocked out for a while."



Patti Hyman, a volunteer with Project Wildlife and San Diego Bird Rescue, entered the classroom with a net, trying to help the hawk, but the bird flew away through an open window. She was happy that the hawk was able to fly away and that the classroom was empty. "I think that would have really been pretty stressful on the bird had there been a lot of people in there," Hyman said.

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