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Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Frees Baby Bird Who Tumbled Into Storm Drain

FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Members of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad had a special save Tuesday afternoon.

"It's a baby, way too young to fly," one said after the responders freed the fledgling.

"It's a baby, way too young to fly," one said after the responders freed the fledgling.

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A UPS worker called with a report of a baby bird stuck in a storm drain, and the squad immediately responded.

"It's a baby, way too young to fly," one said after the responders freed the fledgling.

Although fledglings have developed most of their flight feathers, they typically hop around -- awkwardly, at times -- before someday taking flight.

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