Officer Brian Lynch rescued a barred owl found injured Thursday on Weld Road in Wilton, Police Chief Heidi Wilcox said. It was placed in a box, brought to the station and picked up by volunteers from Avian Haven, a bird rescue service in Freedom.

Wilton police officer Brian Lynch places an owl in a box after it was found on Weld Road in Wilton on Thursday. The bird, possibly injured by a car, was brought to the police station and picked up by volunteers from Avian Haven, a bird rescue service in Freedom.