Dec. 28 (UPI) — An animal control officer in South Carolina came to the rescue of a blue heron spotted stranded in pluff mud — and the operation was caught on camera.
The Charleston Police Department said in a Facebook post that Animal Control Officer Courtney Bayles responded to a report of a bird in distress in a muddy area near the Charleston City Marina.
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The avian turned out to be a blue heron stuck in the pluff mud.
included video of Bayles rescuing the heron from its predicament.
The heron was taken to the Center for Birds of Prey in Awendaw.
