Rescued American Woodcock.

This fancy bird, a migratory American Woodcock [2], was rescued by High Line gardener and bird enthusiast Maryanne on Friday. It was found huddled in a doorway on West 20th Street, stunned but not visibly injured -- she guessed the little guy had flown into the side of a building and had been knocked to the ground.

Maryanne whisked the woodcock, a shorebird also known amusingly as a "timberdoodle", up to the High Line and put it in a dark cardboard box to calm it down.  It was soon picked up by the Urban Park Rangers [3] for rehabilitation. We wish this (relatively) exotic beauty the best of luck in its recovery.