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NEW YORK (77WABC) – The Rockefeller Christmas tree came to New York City with the cutest little hitckhiker!
Sure, it wasn’t a partridge in a pear tree, but a worker setting up the tree found a tiny owl among the massive branches.
The little bird, now named Rockefeller (of course), was discovered on Monday, dehydrated and hungry, but otherwise unharmed, said Ellen Kalish, director and founder of the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties, New York, where the bird was taken.
“I believe he did travel in the tree. I think when they wrapped it up, he must’ve gotten caught inside. The fact that he wasn’t squished or damaged was beautiful,” Kalish said.
Kalish said the bird is an adult male Saw-whet owl, one of the tiniest owls. It was taken to a veterinarian on Wednesday and got a clean bill of health.
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