In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017 photo, Jane Kelly, owner of On the Wing, in Epping, N.H., holds a barred owls that is recovering there after being hit by a truck and becoming lodged between the cab and the cargo hold of a truck traveling from Massachusetts to New Hampshire earlier in the month. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)
March 30, 2017 - 1:51 PM
EPPING, N.H. - An owl is lucky to be alive after flying into a truck and getting stuck between the cab and the cargo hold.
The male barred owl is on the mend at a rehabilitation centre in Epping, New Hampshire, and could be released back into the wild soon. It doesn't appear to have any broken bones, but did suffer head trauma in the collision earlier this month in Massachusetts and is having trouble seeing out of its right eye.
Jane Kelly, owner of On the Wing, where the owl is recovering, said most of the birds of prey that she treats have been hit by automobiles. In this case, Kelly initially didn't think the owl would survive. But Trucker, as the bird is called, has recovered to the point where it is feeding itself.
News from © The Associated Press, 2017