In the wild, red-tailed hawks typically live for around 10 to 15 years, so finding one that’s over 20 years old is amazing!”

While examining the bird, they found a metal federal band. Upon some digging, they found the bird was banded in Pennsylvania back in 2004. The Pennsylvania Game Commission says the bird was tagged in November 2004 in Berlinsville — over 1,000 miles from Nova Scotia.

A red-tailed hawk that was banded over 20 years ago in Pennsylvania was found 1,000 miles away in Canada, which the Game Commission says is quite the feat. The Pennsylvania Game Commission said on Facebook that it recently learned "through the power of social media,