red-tailed hawk she found at the start of 2026<\/a> soaking wet with rain and cowering by a fence in Brookswood at the Langley-Surrey border.<\/p>\nAlan was released in late August.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom this bedraggled broken-winged little thing crawling around on the ground, to be able to fly like that again is just incredible,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Since his return to the wild, Frankelson has been keeping watch but hasn\u2019t caught a glimpse.<\/p>\n
\u201cI named him Alan, after Alan Alda, Hawkeye in MASH,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re like kind of joking around, walking around going, \u2018Alan, Alan, Alan\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
When she found him in January, Frankelson contacted OWL, which cares for sick and injured birds. A broken bone was sticking out of the skin of the injured hawk which has likely been hit be a car. OWL takes in about 55 animals from the Langley area annually and more than 670 in total last year from throughout B.C.<\/p>\n
She had checked in on the bird over the months and recently OWL phoned her with the news that he was ready to head back into the wild in the area where he was found.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was so excited [when OWL called]. And so so grateful for everything that they did for him. I know a lot of people are just like, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s just a bird\u2019, but it was really special,\u201d she said. \u201cThey did amazing with him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frankelson was invited to be present at the bird\u2019s release, having the honour of opening the enclosure so he could fly off into nearby trees.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was so feisty. He wanted out of that carrier,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Frankelson called the farmer where the release was to take place, Tyler Heppel, to ensure it was okay to drive her vehicle onto the field and he ended up asking to attend the event.<\/p>\n
Frankelson was surprised at how emotional Alan\u2019s homecoming felt.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got pretty choked up, and I was like, no, it\u2019s just the dust in my eyes, I swear,\u201d she said with a chuckle. \u201c\u2026just seeing him fly brought the tears to the eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tips for dealing with sick or injured wildlife<\/p>\n
Call the Conservation Officer Service\u2019s 24\/7 Report All Poachers and Polluters (RAPP) hotline at 1-877-952-7277 if the animal appears dangerous.<\/p>\n
For most sick, injured, or dead wildlife:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Take photos or a video of the wildlife for assessment<\/p>\n
\u2022 Note the location of the wildlife<\/p>\n
\u2022 Do not handle the animal<\/p>\n
It is illegal to possess live or dead wildlife in British Columbia without a permit.<\/p>\n
See the Wildlife Rehabilitators\u2019 Network of B.C. to determine which group to contact based on the animal and the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Hawk healed and back home in B.C. skies Published 5:00 am Wednesday, September 2, 2026 Shauna Frankelson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,163792,87674],"class_list":["post-880865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lower-mainland","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}