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Annabell Whelan woke up Tuesday and frantically checked on her holiday overnight guest — Nowl the snowy owl, who she rescued from the grille of a car the prior day.

Whelan was out with her boyfriend's family Monday in Duluth, Minnesota, when she saw the owl "just hanging out there, literally" after car and bird collided, she told The Associated Press.

The car's owner already called for help, but the animal rescue organization that the bird needed was closed — so Whelan stepped in, not for the first time that day.

An injured great gray owl is seen Monday off the side of the road in northeastern Minnesota.

Earlier Monday, Whelan found an injured great gray owl on the ground further north in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Experts at Wildwoods, a Duluth-based wildlife rehabilitation center, told her how to safely catch the bird.

"I definitely thought that I had had my fix of owls with the first one," said Whelan, 22, a Lake Superior Zoo guest experience manager who graduated earlier this year with a biology and environmental science degree.

"I could tell he was having a hard time with one of his eyes," she said. "I kind of took my time and just sat there with him and talked quietly and was just kind of trying to coax him to trust me a little bit."

An injured great gray owl rests in Annabell Whelan’s car Monday after she rescued it from the side of the road in northeastern Minnesota.

Whelan scooped up the owl in a blanket, transferred him to a dog crate in the car and dropped the great gray owl off at Wildwoods. He was sent along with another animal to the University of Minnesota's Raptor Center in St. Paul.

The snowy owl she found hours later was in a much scarier situation, she said.

"It was obviously a lot more trauma," she said.

A snowy owl is caught in the grille of a car Monday in northeastern Minnesota before being rescued by Annabell Whelan.

Since Wildwoods already closed for the night, Whelan wrapped Nowl in a blanket and crated her overnight in a dark, quiet room in her home — keeping her and her cousin's curious cats and dog at bay. She named her Nowl, a play on noel.

"I tried to prepare myself in case I woke up in the morning and she didn't make it through the night," Whelan said. She said she cried happy tears when she saw Nowl moving and awake, and brought her to Wildwoods that morning.

A snowy owl rests at Annabell Whelan’s home after being rescued from the grille of a car Monday in northeastern Minnesota.

Nowl "is quite beaten up," Wildwoods posted Tuesday on Facebook after examining the bird. "We applied a wing wrap, gave her meds, and coordinated with The Raptor Center to get her down to them."

The rescue organization said people should slow down, stay alert and call for help when they see an injured animal. The animals are terrified of people and should be quickly moved to a quiet, safe space where they can be left alone until professionals can step in, the rescue said.

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