Nearly two years ago, she was spotted perched on an apple tree in Ontario – thousands of miles from her natural habitat – capturing the attention of birdwatchers across Canada. Now a Bullock’s oriole who ended up in the Ottawa area is set to finally fly home to western North America – in the passenger cabin of an Air Canada flight. It’s been mind-boggling,” Ray Holland, who first noticed the oriole, told the CBC, as hundreds of birdwatchers travelled to the area to catch a glimpse. Weeks later Holland found the bird lying in the snow, seemingly weakened by a bout of freezing temperatures. As the bird recuperated, the centre began looking into how best to return her to her habitat.

Source: The Guardian August 15, 2017 18:22 UTC