A red-shouldered hawk in Virginia is diagnosed as unable to fly after being found with excess weight and spending weeks largely sleeping. The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke says the bird was weighed at over 910 grams (about 2 pounds) and was therefore “too darn fat to fly.”
Both outlets describe the same core account: the hawk is linked to overeating chickens and a prolonged period of inactivity before rescue and veterinary assessment. The reporting largely focuses on the unusual cause of the condition—weight gain from feeding on chickens—along with the straightforward takeaway that the bird’s condition affects its ability to fly. Differences are mainly in wording and emphasis rather than in events described, with both treatments pointing back to the wildlife center as the source of the diagnosis.
