A Richardson neighborhood came together on Labor Day to save a baby bird from the brink of death.
The bird was a juvenile green heron whose flailing and tortured cries caught the attention of passersby. The rescue was especially heroic because of its difficulty: The bird was 30 feet in the air and dangling by a single wing over Cottonwood Creek, a creek that runs from Collin County south to Dallas.
The bird was stuck because it got trapped in discarded fishing line, left behind by what neighbors believe to be a group of teens. It’s not the first time they’ve found dead or injured wildlife on site, says Sandy Marie Romo, founder of DFW Squirrel Rescue and a wildlife rehabber who was part of the team that rescued the bird…