A snowy owl rests at Annabell Whelan69制片厂制作传媒檚 home after being recovered from the grille of a car in northeastern Minnesota on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, and before she was taken to a wildlife rescue.
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A snowy owl rests at Annabell Whelan's home after being recovered from the grille of a car in northeastern Minnesota on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, and before she was taken to a wildlife rescue.
Annabell Whelan - handout one time use, ASSOCIATED PRESS
An injured great gray owl is seen off the side of the road in northeastern Minnesota 69制片厂制作传媒 the first of two owls Annabell Whelan rescued on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024.
Annabell Whelan - handout one time use, ASSOCIATED PRESS
An injured great gray owl rests in Annabell Whelan's car after she rescued it from the side of the road in northeastern Minnesota on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024.
Annabell Whelan - handout one time use, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A snowy owl rests at Annabell Whelan69制片厂制作传媒檚 home after being recovered from the grille of a car in northeastern Minnesota on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, and before she was taken to a wildlife rescue.
Annabell Whelan - handout one time use, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A snowy owl is caught in the grille of a car in northeastern Minnesota before being rescued by Annabell Whelan on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024.
Annabell Whelan - handout one time use, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A snowy owl rests at Annabell Whelan's home after being recovered from the grille of a car in northeastern Minnesota on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, and before she was taken to a wildlife rescue.
Annabell Whelan - handout one time use, ASSOCIATED PRESS
An injured great gray owl is seen off the side of the road in northeastern Minnesota 69制片厂制作传媒 the first of two owls Annabell Whelan rescued on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024.
Annabell Whelan - handout one time use, ASSOCIATED PRESS
An injured great gray owl rests in Annabell Whelan's car after she rescued it from the side of the road in northeastern Minnesota on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024.
Annabell Whelan - handout one time use, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Annabell Whelan woke up Tuesday and frantically checked on her holiday overnight guest 69制片厂制作传媒 Nowl the snowy owl, who she rescued from the grille of a car the day before.
Whelan was out with her boyfriend's family Monday in Duluth, Minnesota, when she saw the owl 69制片厂制作传媒渏ust hanging out there, literally" after car and bird had collided, she told The Associated Press. The car's owner had already called for help, but the animal rescue organization that the bird needed was closed 69制片厂制作传媒 so Whelan stepped in, not for the first time that day.
Earlier Monday, Whelan found an injured great gray owl on the ground further north in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Experts at Wildwoods, a Duluth-based wildlife rehabilitation center, told her how to safely catch the bird.
69制片厂制作传媒淚 definitely thought that I had had my fix of owls with the first one," said Whelan, 22, a Lake Superior Zoo guest experience manager who graduated earlier this year with a biology and environmental science degree.
69制片厂制作传媒淚 could tell he was having a hard time with one of his eyes," she said. 69制片厂制作传媒淚 kind of took my time and just sat there with him and talked quietly and was just kind of trying to coax him to trust me a little bit.69制片厂制作传媒
Whelan scooped the owl up in a blanket, transferred him to a dog crate in the car and dropped the great gray owl off at Wildwoods. He was sent along with another animal to the University of Minnesota's Raptor Center in St. Paul.
But the snowy owl she found hours later was in a much scarier situation, she said.
69制片厂制作传媒淚t was obviously a lot more trauma," she said.
Since Wildwoods had already closed for the night, Whelan wrapped Nowl in a blanket and crated her overnight in a dark, quiet room in her home 69制片厂制作传媒 keeping her and her cousin's curious cats and dog at bay. She named her Nowl, a play on noel.
69制片厂制作传媒淚 tried to prepare myself in case I woke up in the morning and she didn't make it through the night,69制片厂制作传媒 Whelan said. But she said she cried happy tears when she saw Nowl moving and awake, bringing her to Wildwoods that morning.
Nowl 69制片厂制作传媒渋s quite beaten up," Wildwoods posted on Facebook Tuesday after examining the bird. 69制片厂制作传媒淲e applied a wing wrap, gave her meds, and coordinated with The Raptor Center to get her down to them.69制片厂制作传媒
The rescue said people should slow down, stay alert, and call for help when they see an injured animal. The animals are terrified of people and should be quickly moved to a quiet, safe space where they can be left alone until professionals can step in, the rescue said.
Fingerhut reported from Des Moines, Iowa.
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