Boulder County Sheriff’s Office officers rescued a pelican Monday afternoon after it became tangled in a power line near Longmont.
About 1:30 p.m., the sheriff’s office received a report of a pelican that had hit a power line. The pelican was flying with its squadron — a name for a group of pelicans — when it hit the line and fell near the water treatment facility at North 75th Street and Colorado 66, according to Vinnie Montez, a sheriff’s office spokesperson.
Two sheriff’s office animal protection officers helped free the bird and took it to Birds of Prey, a Broomfield-based nonprofit, for care and rehabilitation. The organization has a flight cage big enough to house pelicans, Montez said. It has helped 90 birds so far this year, .
“When a ‘squadron’ member needs backup…we answer the call,” the sheriff’s office .
