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Article: Raptor has left the building.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- August 16, 2005
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Byline: Jake Griffin Daily Herald Staff Writer
Fooled by the old free-drink-of-water trick.
And a warehouse manager with nimble reflexes and a cardboard box.
A lengthy standoff ended without incident Monday when thirst finally got the better of a stubborn and spooked raptor stuck high inside a Naperville warehouse.
When the bird of prey - believed by some to be an endangered peregrine falcon and by others to be a hawk - thought no one was looking, it swooped down from its perch two stories above the warehouse floor for a quick sip of water.
Unknown to the bird, warehouse manager Tinh Nguyen was nearby and armed with an empty cardboard box that he used to ...