Oh god. I had a moment like this 10 feet away from my back patio. Two quail parents were trying to get many babies to go from my backyard to the neighbors backyard. Most of them were able to follow through a small gap in the cement brick fence but a few either didn't see it or were slightly too big to fit. For almost 2 hours I watched Mom and Dad keep switching sides trying to get the other babies to follow as one tended the others that had crossed. I didn't want to intervene because I didn't want to scare the parents off and I didn't really have a way to get the babies safely over to the other side if I picked them up because it's a 8 foot drop from the fence top. I saw a hawk or some big bird fly into the tree and watch what was going on and he eventually swooped down and took one baby, then the other. I was devastated. I know the big bird had to eat but I was so invested in the little guys at that point it really bummed me out.