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Customers browsing through an antique shop in upstate New York made an unexpected discovery this month when they came across a living owl taking a nap on one of the store’s shelves.<\/p>

According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the unusual encounter took place February 21st at The Market Place in East Durham, a small community located roughly 127 miles north of Manhattan.<\/p>

Officials report that patrons noticed what appeared to be “something extremely lifelike” displayed on a shelf and brought it to the attention of store employees.<\/p>

When environmental conservation police responded to the scene, they discovered a brown and white owl sitting on a shelf with its eyes closed, positioned right beside a chicken-shaped cookie jar.<\/p>

Officers carefully handled the drowsy bird to escort it out of the shop, then set it free in a nearby forest where it took flight and landed in a tree.<\/p>

The animal was identified as an eastern screech owl, a species that is active during nighttime hours and usually makes its home in hollow trees.<\/p>

How the owl managed to enter the antique store remains a mystery. Store ownership was contacted for comment on Friday.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Customers at an upstate New York antique shop made an unusual discovery when they found a live owl peacefully sleeping among merchandise on a shelf. Environmental conservation officers safely removed the eastern screech owl and released it back into the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[838],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/news-1772238797020.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-7zH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19748,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/salisbury-zoo-announces-addition-of-new-male-spectacled-owl-to-exhibit\/","url_meta":{"origin":29121,"position":0},"title":"SALISBURY ZOO ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF NEW MALE SPECTACLED OWL TO EXHIBIT","author":"admin","date":"December 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"SALISBURY, Md. \u2013 The Salisbury Zoo has introduced a new male Spectacled Owl named Bosque to join its resident female, Luna. 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