Blue heron rescued from tangled fishing line in Columbia Heights

The Brief

  • A family out for a Saturday morning boat ride and fishing adventure ended up saving a Blue heron from a tangled fishing line.
  • It happened on Silver Lake in Columbia Heights.
  • Jeff Krause and his kids discovered the bird trapped in a fishing line hanging from a tree branch. They cut the line, got the bird to safety and it’s now recovering at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (FOX 9) What started as a Saturday morning on a Twin Cities lake for a man and his kids turned into a rescue operation to save a bird’s life.

Blue heron stuck in fishing line

What we know:

Jeff Krause took his kids out for a boat ride and some fishing Saturday morning on Silver Lake in Columbia Heights. At about 9 a.m., they came across a blue heron trapped in a fishing line that appeared to be stuck on a tree branch, unable to move enough to get out to freedom.

Krause family rescues bird

The backstory:

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