A man moving from Las Vegas to Maine found a stowaway in his rented moving truck. Avian Haven in Freedom received a call from the driver after arriving at a warehouse in Westbrook at the end of its four-day journey from Las Vegas. The man had found the bird that was hiding in the storage room of the delivery truck. The staff sent a volunteer from Portland, and with the help of the driver, they were able to lure the bird out of the back of the van and into a net. Two other volunteers helped direct the bird to the Avian Haven bird sanctuary in Freedom. Haven employees were able to identify him as a Greater Roadrunner based in the American Southwest. The bird was in remarkably good shape after being without food for four days, but is now recovering in a makeshift heated habitat. Haven experts will work with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and its Nevada counterpart to coordinate the bird’s return to its home.
WESTBROOK, Maine –
A man moving from Las Vegas to Maine found a stowaway in his rented moving truck.
Avian Haven in Freedom received a call from the driver after arriving at a warehouse in Westbrook at the end of its four-day journey from Las Vegas. The man had found the bird that was hiding in the storage room of the delivery truck.
The staff sent a volunteer from Portland, and with the help of the driver, they were able to lure the bird out of the back of the van and into a net. Two other volunteers helped direct the bird to the Avian Haven bird sanctuary in Freedom.
Haven employees were able to identify him as a Greater Roadrunner based in the American Southwest. The bird was in remarkably good shape after being without food for four days, but is now recovering in a makeshift heated habitat.
Haven experts will work with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and its Nevada counterpart to coordinate the bird’s return to its home.
