Tiny Owl Saved From ‘Peak 2020’ Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center
A small owl has been rescued from the branches of a holiday disaster in New York City, where Rockefeller Center‘s annual Christmas tree has become a laughing stock for the internet.
The saw whet owl was discovered hiding inside the giant spruce on Monday, shortly before the tree’s scraggly branches were revealed to the public.
The truck driver who drove the 23 metre-long tree into Manhattan says he found the owl in its branches upon his arrival. His wife reported the bird to the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center, and wildlife experts promptly rescued it and nursed it back to health.
“We’ve never seen anything like this,” Ellen Kalish, director of the rescue centre, told News 12. “He probably was trapped in when he tied it up and started to transport it. But the fact he’s in such great shape is wonderful.”
