CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Coral Gables police are investigating who shot and killed two macaws in the median of South Dixie Highway last week.
Officers responded to a 911 call on March 23 from someone who had seen the dead birds in the middle of the road near the 200 block of U.S. Highway 1.
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The birds were determined to have been shot that morning while in their nest atop a palm tree in the median.
Other birds about a year old were found alive in the nest.
The blue-and-gold macaws had been shot with a pellet or BB gun, or possibly another type of small-caliber firearm.
As Coral Gables is considered to be a bird sanctuary, it is illegal to kill any kind of bird in the city.
Police are asking anyone who has any information to come forward and contact Crime Stoppers.