A hungry hawk swooped toward a Connecticut homeowner's chicken coop and became stuck in the surrounding netting.

Police on Wednesday night freed a red-tailed hawk that had become stuck in a southeastern New Canaan chicken coop.

The “chicken hawk” of colonial America, this medium-sized accipiter is a common sight at home bird feeders across the country, swooping in to nab an unwary dove or jay. Females are larger and ...