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Police rescue large bird from subway tracks

By Ben Hooper   |   Sept. 4, 2018 at 12:11 PM

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.

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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.