Firefighter and park ranger rescue tangled osprey near Longmont

Nicky Andrews, Daily Times-Call, Longmont, Colo.
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A Mountain View Fire Rescue firefighter and Colorado Parks and Wildlife park ranger helped rescue an osprey near Longmont Thursday that was tangled in steel mesh.

MVFR firefighter and Colorado Parks and Wildlife park ranger rescue osprey near Longmont on Thursday. (Courtesy of MVFR)

According to a MVFR post on X, at 4:28 p.m. Thursday, MVFR Station 3 in Mead was called to help a stuck animal near Colo. 66 and Weld County Road 7. Upon arrival, a fire engineer climbed a 24-foot ladder and was able to free the bird before carrying it back down. A park ranger then removed the material around the birds legs and feet.

According to MVFR spokesman Rick Tillery, the park ranger observed the bird on scene for a while before it was released back into the wild.