Tiny Owl Rescued!!!

A Ravensbeard Wildlife Center worker swaddles a saw-whet owl, the smallest owl in the northeast, that was rescued from the tree that would become the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. Courtesy Ravensbeard Wildlife Center

Tiny owl rescued from Rockefeller Center Christmas tree that traveled 170 miles to NYC (New York City)

The Ravensbeard Wildlife Center said the Saw-whet owl was rescued after the 75-foot Norway spruce was cut down in upstate New York.

A tiny owl that was found after the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was cut down in upstate New York, then trucked to New York City, is recovering at a wildlife rehabilitation facility.

In a Facebook post-Tuesday, the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center said the bird was rescued after the 75-foot Norway spruce was cut down Thursday in Oneonta, roughly 80 miles southwest of Albany and around 170 miles north of its final stop in New York City.


A worker who helped transport and secures the tree discovered the owl and his wife called the center, the post said. “He’s got the baby owl in a box tucked in for the long ride,” the woman said, according to the post.