Injured Owl Rescued in Longmont
Longmont Fire, Police, and Community Health and Resilience Facebook page say that officers Kaplan and McCarthy got to experience a rare opportunity in assisting in rescuing an injured owl. The owl had sustained injuries to its legs and was safely captured on Saturday on the southwest side of Longmont.
Rescuing an owl is a hoot. Officer Kaplan and Officer McCarthy had the rare opportunity to assist an injured owl with.
The injured owl was transported to Birder of Prey Shelter located in Louisville. The Birds of Prey Foundation has been helping injured birds such as eagles, owls, falcons, hawks, vultures, pelicans, herons, and ravens for over 35 years. The injured owl will be treated and observed during the healing process. Once the owl s injures have healed, it will be released in the same area it was found.
COVID-19 unit nurse sheds light on mental health resources for healthcare workers
Reach for Resilience is a statewide mental health resource for all North Dakota healthcare workers
March 10, 2021
Mental health, that is.
A year ago, Allen cared for the first COVID-19 patient at Sanford Health.
She has been a nurse for nearly 15 years, but part of what prepared her for working inside the COVID-19 unit wasn’t her medical experience.
“I’m shaking thinking about it now,” she said with trembling hands, remembering her time as a volunteer firefighter.
“That first time I walked into a live house burn and I felt the flames tickle my turnout gear. That fear I felt that day was probably the most real, right then and there experience of my life,” she recalled.