Billy Baker loves animals! He brings home a new stray or wounded creature weekly. His latest rescue, a wounded hawk, would be his greatest treasure, but his father has forbidden him to adopt another animal. Billy's only hope is to seek help from an old misunderstood hermit (Burl Ives). Follow the action as a crusty old man, a hawk and a young boy forge a friendship that can never be broken, and an entire town learns a valuable lesson about human nature from Baker's Hawk.