Police rescue large bird from subway tracks

Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Police in New York said officers rescued a large bird that wandered onto some subway tracks in the city's Queens borough.

The New York Police Department's Special Operations division tweeted that a pair of Emergency Services Unit detectives were dispatched Sunday to investigate reports of a large bird on the 7 line tracks at the Roosevelt Avenue station.

The detectives were able to safely capture the bird, which was identified as a cormorant, a type of coastal bird.

The avian was taken to the New York City Animal Care Center in Manhattan to be examined.