{"id":58055,"date":"2025-09-10T18:17:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=58055"},"modified":"2025-09-10T18:18:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:18:03","slug":"bird-rescuers-said-a-pickleball-nearly-proved-fatal-for-a-great-blue-heron-found-in-lakeland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/09\/10\/bird-rescuers-said-a-pickleball-nearly-proved-fatal-for-a-great-blue-heron-found-in-lakeland\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird rescuers said a pickleball “nearly proved fatal” for a great blue heron found in Lakeland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rescuers came to the aid of a bird that got its beak stuck in a pickleball.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A great blue heron was spotted with its beak stuck in one of the holes of the ball in the Lake Hollingsworth area of Lakeland. A rescuer was able to catch the bird on Tuesday after multiple attempts over several days, according to a post by the Raptor Center of Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rescuers had to cut the ball off the bird’s beak. Rescuers said the bird became thin due to its inability to eat, which could’ve been prevented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The situation nearly proved fatal for the bird,” the post read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Raptor Center of Tampa Bay is using this rescue as a reminder for people to retrieve anything plastic that they are playing with outdoors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bird is now recovering at the rehabilitation center. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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