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QUECHEE, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont bird rehabilitation center treated a record number of wild birds last year, staff with the institute said.

The Vermont Institute of Natural Science in Quechee reported that staffers treated a record total of 705 wild birds in 2019 at the institute's Center for Wild Bird Rehabilitation, and that 77 of those were barred owls. In 2018, the institute treated 45 barred owls, out of 652 birds total, Valley News reported Saturday.