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Andrew Hooghuis, a Suffolk County police officer from the second precinct, holds a baby owl in Huntington Station on Monday. (Suffolk County Police Department)
HUNTINGTON STATION, NY A baby great horned owl that fell out of its nest on Monday in Huntington Station was saved thanks to the quick thinking of a Suffolk police officer and volunteers from a nature preservation.
Officer Andrew Hooghuis of the second precinct responded to Nathan Place for a 911 call Monday morning after the owl fell from its nest. While the owl s mother watched from above, the officer took the young owl under his wings, the police department wrote in a Facebook post.