PETERSBURGH, N.Y. About a half-hour from Bennington is a bird sanctuary in New York that is home to about 300 birds that have been rescued from all around the
sales. that contractor, scott hickman, named the injured bird, mitch, after a snake in the movie, road trip. he built a cage and kept mitch fed with whole chickens at great personal expense. hickman really didn t want mitch to end up in the kabul zoo because apparently the conditions there are not great. and he wanted to send the bird to the u.s., but that s really hard to do because of bird flu concerns and according to scott hickman, because of those bird flu concerns, the department of fish and game was not helpful and it took months, but finally new york senator chuck schumer stepped in and made arrangements for the bird who can no longer fly himself to be flown to upstate new york to live out the rest of his days at the berkshire bird paradise. she s going to be an ambassador for school children who visit here and his existence, his getting here speaks to what it really means to be a hero. these young men who saved him are true heros and he s a true hero, a war hero.