ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST : Hawk Dies After Rescue From Dinner Table

A red-tailed hawk who was saved earlier this week from being eaten by two transients died Thursday.

The bird had a respiratory infection and an abscess on her lung, said Martine Colette, director of the Wildlife Waystation in Little Tujunga Canyon in the Angeles National Forest, where the staff was trying to nurse the hawk back to health. The bird’s liver and kidney were also infected, Colette said.

The bird came to public attention earlier in the week when she nearly became dinner for two transients. The bird was saved by a third transient, who traded food for the hawk in Pacoima, and then took the bird into the Los Angeles Police Department’s Foothill Division station Wednesday.