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An Oklahoma game warden and a Nowata firefighter took to a flooded creek near Oologah Lake to rescue a baby barred owl Thursday.

Game Warden Joe Alexander received a call from a concerned resident who had spotted the juvenile owl stranded on driftwood in Double Creek.

The owl likely blew out of a nest during a recent bout of stormy weather.

“It’s what we do,” Alexander said. “Outside of our normal law enforcement duties, we have a vested interest in our wildlife.”

Alexander said he attempted to wade into the flooded creek to the mess of timber where the owl was stranded, but water was too deep.

The game warden contacted a Nowata firefighter, Donald Belden, to enlist the use of Belden’s personal boat. In a Facebook video shared by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Alexander can be seen riding on the bow of the boat as Belden approaches the driftwood.

The owl, cold and wet, offered some resistance. But the bird calmed down as Alexander and Belden returned to shore.

Alexander said they wrapped the owl in a jacket and took him to the Wild Heart Ranch, a wildlife rehabilitation program in Foyil.

He said the rehabilitation center contacted him Friday to inform him the owl is doing better.Watch the video below.

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