Two kestrel chicks who got out miraculously unscathed during the Elephant Hill wildfires are now healthy and back flying in the wild.

The two birds B次元官网网址� part of the falcon family B次元官网网址� were released Friday by BC HydroB次元官网网址檚 environmental specialist in Pritchard, near Kamloops.

The pair was found in July, when the lionB次元官网网址檚 share of the wildfire tore through the dry forests near Ashcroft and Cache Creek.

Back in July, our crews rescued two American Kestrel chicks from a damaged power pole near .

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Hydro crews were sent into the area to restore power and replace damaged power poles. Amid the scorched and blackened trees, two recently hatched baby kestrels were found nestled into a power pole, explained Dag Sharman, BC HydroB次元官网网址檚 community relations manager.

The crew delivered the chicks to the Wildlife Park Rehabilitation Centre in Kamloops, where they underwent months of treatment.

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But the chicks B次元官网网址� now strong and healthy B次元官网网址� couldnB次元官网网址檛 go back to where they once called home.

Because of the damage to vegetation caused by the fires, a BC Hydro environmental specialist deemed Ashcroft unfit for the birdsB次元官网网址� basic needs, Sharman said.

Instead, they were released on a hillside in Pritchard.

ItB次元官网网址檚 not uncommon for hydro crews to encounter wildlife, Sharman said, such as ospreys nesting on the top of poles, wood peckers drilling into them and animals climbing them.

But this struck a different chord for work crews on the frontlines of the worst wildlife season in B.C. history B次元官网网址� one that left many other animals injured, stranded or dead.

B次元官网网址淭his was so amazing,B次元官网网址� Sharman said. B次元官网网址淭hese two tiny little chicks B次元官网网址� beautiful birds B次元官网网址� had actually survived the Elephant Hill fire when they found them.B次元官网网址�

ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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