| WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Officials with the Library of Congress in Washington said a female Cooper's hawk was captured after spending a week trapped in the facility. SAVE MONEY ON TRAVEL DEALS Matt Raymond, the library's director of communications, said the hawk is believed to have flown in through a window Jan. 19 and spent a week evading capture in the Thomas Jefferson Building's Main Reading Room, The Washington Post reported Thursday. The hawk, which fed on frozen quail from a trap without being snared, was caught using starlings as bait by a Raptor Conservancy of Virginia team at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. The team spent about 25 minutes capturing the bird of prey. Conservancy Vice President Linda Moore said the "emaciated" hawk was taken to the group's facility and will be released back into the wild once it returns to health. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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