Bird Acts Like It Doesn't Even Know It Has An Arrow Through Its Chest

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Arrow-Pierced Bird Eludes Capture

Holly Hill, Florida -- An injured bird has confounded rescue workers for days by staying on the move despite a two-foot arrow stuck through its body.

The young white ibis was first seen Thursday night. It was shot with a dull arrow, which appears to have missed vital organs and muscles but remains lodged in the bird.

"I have captured hundreds of birds," said Bob Hunt, a volunteer with the Bird Rescue Center in New Smyrna Beach. "You would think this would be one of the easier ones."

So far it hasn't been.

Hunt and partner Marilyn Camp spent hours Monday chasing the bird from tree to tree. They threw fish on the ground to lure it down, and twigs to rattle it off a perch. But the bird would simply climb to a higher branch or flutter away as they advanced.

"We thought we would wear the little bird out," Camp said. "Instead, he has worn us out."

Workers from the Marine Science Center and Holly Hill police have also tried to no avail to rescue the ibis. Volunteers were trying again today.



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