{"id":501771,"date":"2026-03-03T19:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/501771\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T19:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:18:08","slug":"pocket-sized-owl-rescued-in-massachusetts-nbc-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/501771\/","title":{"rendered":"Pocket-sized owl rescued in Massachusetts \u2013 NBC Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pocket-sized owl is on the mend in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>Newhouse Wildlife Rescue says the saw-whet owl is the smallest species in all of New England. They even posted a photo of the owl next to a banana to show just how tiny it is.<\/p>\n<p>The owl was found in someone&#8217;s driveway, unable to fly because it had two broken bones. Rescuers brought her to Cape Ann Wildlife, where they were able to wrap her little wing while it heals.<\/p>\n<p>Newhouse Wildlife Rescue also put out a call for donations to Cape Ann Wildlife, saying the agency has saved many animals over the years. The organization&#8217;s founder is currently being treated for cancer and hasn&#8217;t been able to focus on fundraising as much as usual.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She still helped wrap this little owl\u2019s wing, even with all she is going through,&#8221; Newhouse said. &#8220;She is a very kind soul. Still now, she is giving and healing, as she has for many years.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pocket-sized owl is on the mend in Massachusetts. Newhouse Wildlife Rescue says the saw-whet owl is the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[2001,79,201],"class_list":["post-501771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-massachusetts","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}