MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) - An elderly, possibly blind owl that had been flying wildly into cars and building in Mount Vernon was rescued by animal control officers.

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Officials had been receiving calls for days about the owl from motorists and pedestrians on Richmond Highway near Sacramento Drive. On Friday, officers spotted the owl on a live power line.

Police officers, firefighters and bystanders threw towels 20 feet in the air at the owl. The bird eventually landed on a parking lot and was captured with a net.

Animal Control Officers say the owl was ill and malnourished; one eye was missing and the other had cataracts.

The bird was taken to a raptor rehabilitation center in Falls Church.