Well, Baltimore City’s lost another resident to the ‘burbs.

Keswick, the malnourished Red-shouldered Hawk rescued in June from the mean streets of Roland Park has been released by wildlife rehabilitators to that (theoretically) green-and-pleasant land to the north, Baltimore County. We wish him well!

We thought to check in with the Phoenix Wildlife Center last weekend when we spotted three hawks circling around the University Pkwy. nest where Keswick was fledged. (And from which he fell, or was pushed.  Darwinian place, this Roland Park.)

Could they have been his siblings? And what ever happened to Keswick, found flapping around on the road on June 2, barely dodging traffic, and brought to Phoenix by goodhearted Matt and Andrea Masachi, of Hampden?

Here’s what Kathy Woods, who heads the non-profit center, told us via email about Keswick and another Red-shouldered who was apparently his raptor-mentor.

Keswick and Jack were released last month in Northern Baltimore County.  We had some folks peruse the area where Keswick was found and there were two families of red-shouldered hawks there already; hopefully we picked an area where there will not be as much competition, but great hunting territory!  We were swamped here and I now wish I had thought to call you.

They were hunting well when they were released, thanks to a female red-shouldered hawk that acts as a surrogate.

Asked if the three hawks we saw could be Keswick’s former nest-mates, Woods said, quite possibly.

They DO return to where they were born …  Anyway, yes it could be either the parents or sibs.