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Tiny owl saved after getting stuck in Rockefeller Center tree: 'It's the Christmas miracle of 2020'
Internet Culture
Rockefeller Centers scraggly Christmas tree is deemed a metaphor for 2020
By Travis M. Andrews
November 18, 2020 at 2:41 p.m. EST
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Anyhow, the tree has already brought some holiday cheer apart from everyone joining together to rag on it. Secretly nestled inside the tree for the entire 170-mile journey was a saw-whet owl, the smallest kind that lives in the Northeast. The owl was eventually taken to the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties, N.Y.
All baby owls are born in the spring so the idea that there was a baby owl in November didnt make sense, the center said in a Facebook post. Weve given him fluids and are feeding him all the mice he will eat. It had been three days since he ate or drank anything. So far so good, his eyes are bright and seems relatively in good condition with all hes been through. Once he checks in with the vet and gets a clean bill of health, hell be released to continue on his wild and wonderful journey.
Lets hope thats the part that ends up being a metaphor for the end of 2020.
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A tiny owl was saved after getting stuck in the Rockefeller Center tree: Its the Christmas miracle of 2020
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Travis Andrews
Travis M. Andrews is a features writer for The Washington Post. Previously, he was a travel and culture editor for Southern Living magazine and a contributor for Mashable. He is also the author of "Because He's Jeff Goldblum," a rumination on the enigmatic actor's career and an exploration of fame in the 21st century. He joined The Post in 2016. Follow https://twitter.com/travismandrews
Rockefeller Centers scraggly Christmas tree is deemed a metaphor for 2020
By Travis M. Andrews
November 18, 2020 at 2:41 p.m. EST
{snip}
Anyhow, the tree has already brought some holiday cheer apart from everyone joining together to rag on it. Secretly nestled inside the tree for the entire 170-mile journey was a saw-whet owl, the smallest kind that lives in the Northeast. The owl was eventually taken to the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties, N.Y.
All baby owls are born in the spring so the idea that there was a baby owl in November didnt make sense, the center said in a Facebook post. Weve given him fluids and are feeding him all the mice he will eat. It had been three days since he ate or drank anything. So far so good, his eyes are bright and seems relatively in good condition with all hes been through. Once he checks in with the vet and gets a clean bill of health, hell be released to continue on his wild and wonderful journey.
Owl Red heartAdorable owl rescued from inside Rockefeller Christmas tree https://bit.ly/2IP41Ya
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Lets hope thats the part that ends up being a metaphor for the end of 2020.
This story has been updated.
Read more:
A tiny owl was saved after getting stuck in the Rockefeller Center tree: Its the Christmas miracle of 2020
{snip}
Travis Andrews
Travis M. Andrews is a features writer for The Washington Post. Previously, he was a travel and culture editor for Southern Living magazine and a contributor for Mashable. He is also the author of "Because He's Jeff Goldblum," a rumination on the enigmatic actor's career and an exploration of fame in the 21st century. He joined The Post in 2016. Follow https://twitter.com/travismandrews
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A tiny owl was saved after getting stuck in the Rockefeller Center tree: Its the Christmas miracle of 2020
A worker setting up the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree made an unusual discovery this week: a tiny owl hiding near the tree's base. (Ellen Kalish)
By Andrea Salcedo
November 19, 2020 at 6:20 a.m. EST
Ellen Kalish is used to getting calls about taking in undomesticated animals at her nonprofit group, the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties, N.Y. So when a woman called on Monday asking if she could rehabilitate an owl, she was happy to help.
Then, the caller told her where exactly this tiny owl was hiding out. ... She said, At the Christmas tree in the Rockefeller Center, Kalish, the founder and director of the center, told The Washington Post. Ive been doing this for 20 years and Ive never heard a story like that.
The tale of the rescued owl who has, naturally, since been dubbed Rockefeller quickly became the silver lining of the rocky debut for this years version of the iconic Christmas tree. The 75-foot-tall Norway spruce from Oneonta, N.Y., emerged on Saturday looking worse for wear, with some calling its bedraggled branches and thin needles as a metaphor for 2020.
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Rockefeller is not expected to spend too long at the center, she said. She is preparing to release him at dusk, when owls usually wake up, sometime this weekend. The release will be quick and quiet, she said, and she will bring a camera to capture him flying away. ... I will wish him a very long and happy life something we all strive for, Kalish said. For me, its the Christmas miracle of 2020. Its a pretty great story. I was honored to be of service.
Travis Andrews contributed to this article.
Andrea Salcedo
Andrea Salcedo is a reporter on The Washington Post's Morning Mix team. Before joining The Post in 2020, she covered breaking news and features for the New York Times metro desk. Follow https://twitter.com/andreapsalcedo
A tiny owl was saved after getting stuck in the Rockefeller Center tree: Its the Christmas miracle of 2020
A worker setting up the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree made an unusual discovery this week: a tiny owl hiding near the tree's base. (Ellen Kalish)
By Andrea Salcedo
November 19, 2020 at 6:20 a.m. EST
Ellen Kalish is used to getting calls about taking in undomesticated animals at her nonprofit group, the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties, N.Y. So when a woman called on Monday asking if she could rehabilitate an owl, she was happy to help.
Then, the caller told her where exactly this tiny owl was hiding out. ... She said, At the Christmas tree in the Rockefeller Center, Kalish, the founder and director of the center, told The Washington Post. Ive been doing this for 20 years and Ive never heard a story like that.
The tale of the rescued owl who has, naturally, since been dubbed Rockefeller quickly became the silver lining of the rocky debut for this years version of the iconic Christmas tree. The 75-foot-tall Norway spruce from Oneonta, N.Y., emerged on Saturday looking worse for wear, with some calling its bedraggled branches and thin needles as a metaphor for 2020.
{snip}
Rockefeller is not expected to spend too long at the center, she said. She is preparing to release him at dusk, when owls usually wake up, sometime this weekend. The release will be quick and quiet, she said, and she will bring a camera to capture him flying away. ... I will wish him a very long and happy life something we all strive for, Kalish said. For me, its the Christmas miracle of 2020. Its a pretty great story. I was honored to be of service.
Travis Andrews contributed to this article.
Andrea Salcedo
Andrea Salcedo is a reporter on The Washington Post's Morning Mix team. Before joining The Post in 2020, she covered breaking news and features for the New York Times metro desk. Follow https://twitter.com/andreapsalcedo
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Tiny owl saved after getting stuck in Rockefeller Center tree: 'It's the Christmas miracle of 2020' (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2020
OP
Full of symbolism..we are all the tiny owl rescued from the bedraggled Christmas tree.
Dream Girl
Nov 2020
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underpants
(182,803 posts)1. I know it's an owl but it has a real WTF look on its face
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)2. Full of symbolism..we are all the tiny owl rescued from the bedraggled Christmas tree.
Maybe this is an omen.
Arne
(2,013 posts)3. Tree may may been his home
2naSalit
(86,610 posts)4. BS!
They cut down part of its habitat and hauled it to NYC. The miracle, I guess would be that it survived to journey and might get to go back to its home.
This thing with cutting down a tall, majestic elder of the forest for whom beings, like this owl live, for what?
And people think just this one tree won't matter. When the ecosystem around you crashes, people might start to consider the cost of their holiday decorations.
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SunSeeker
(51,554 posts)6. Exactly, they cut down his beautiful 75' tall majestic home.
Owls are very territorial. He wouldn't leave the tree despite the noise they must have been making sawing through the huge trunk.
Losing its home is traumatizing for the owl.