{"id":148012,"date":"2026-02-28T01:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/148012\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T01:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:27:08","slug":"sleepy-owl-found-resting-among-items-on-a-new-york-antique-store-shelf-state-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/148012\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleepy owl found resting among items on a New York antique store shelf | State News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DURHAM, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 Shoppers in upstate New York earlier this month turned up a rare find while perusing a local antique store this month: tucked next to a cookie jar made in the shape of a chicken was a live owl resting peacefully on a shelf.<\/p>\n<p>The state Department of Environmental Conservation said Friday that the incident happened on Feb. 21 in the hamlet of East Durham, about 127 miles (204 kilometers) north of Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>kAm%96 286?4J D2:5 4FDE@&gt;6CD 2E %96 |2C&lt;6E !=246 925 DA@EE65 \u201cD@&gt;6E9:?8 6IEC6&gt;6=J =:76=:&lt;6\u201d @? @?6 @7 E96 D96=G6D 2?5 2=6CE65 DE@C6 DE277]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmt?G:C@?&gt;6?E2= 4@?D6CG2E:@? A@=:46 @77:46CD 2CC:G65 E@ 7:?5 2 3C@H?\\2?5\\H9:E6 @H= A6C4965 @? 2 D96=7 H:E9 :ED 6J6D 7:C&gt;=J D9FE]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm%96 56A2CE&gt;6?E D2:5 @77:46CD 86?E=J 4C25=65 E96 D=66A:?8 @H= E@ C6&gt;@G6 :E 7C@&gt; E96 DE@C6[ 2?5 E96? C6=62D65 :E :?E@ 2 H@@565 2C62[ H96C6 :E 7=6H :?E@ 2 ?62C3J EC66]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm%96 3:C5[ 2? 62DE6C? D4C6649 @H=[ \ud83d\ude00 ?@4EFC?2= 2?5 EJA:42==J ?6DED \ud83d\ude15 EC66 42G:E:6D]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmxE \ud83d\ude00 ?@E :&gt;&gt;65:2E6=J 4=62C 9@H :E 8@E :?D:56 E96 DE@C6] p? 6&gt;2:= H2D D6?E E@ E96 DE@C6VD @H?6CD @? uC:52J]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DURHAM, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 Shoppers in upstate New York earlier this month turned up a rare find while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[531,9,11,10,49,51,50,530],"class_list":{"0":"post-148012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-national","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-news","12":"tag-new-york-state","13":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-state-news","15":"tag-state"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}