NEW YORK (AP) – It wasn’t quite the bottom of a pear tree, but a worker who helped organize the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree saw the holiday surprise – a tiny owl among the huge branches.
Ellen Kalish, director and founder of the Ravensbird Wildlife Center in New York, said the bird, now known as Rockefeller, was discovered Monday, dehydrated and starving, but not harmed otherwise.
Kalish said the bird is an adult male so-called owl, the smallest owl. He was taken to a veterinarian on Wednesday and received a clean bill of health.
He said, “He has an all-you-can-eat rat buffet, so he’s ready to go.”
She said she plans to release the owl back into the wild this weekend.
No, the Rwena sp 75-foot (૨ 23-meter) spruce tree was brought to Manhattan from New York’s Vantaa in the central part of the state on Saturday. In early December, the tree is placed in some places before being burned in public and then decorated.
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