"Truck Sold But Can't Be Delivered"... An Unexpected Family Takes Up Residence Above the Wheel
A Robin's Nest Found on the Wheel of a Newly Sold Truck
Owner Says, "I'll Wait Until They Leave"
At a car dealership in Kansas, USA, a sold pickup truck became the new home for a family of birds, resulting in a delayed delivery. On May 22, Yonhap News TV, citing automotive media outlet Road & Track, reported the story of Olathe Ford, a dealership in Olathe, Kansas, which was unable to deliver a recently sold Ford F-250 Super Duty to its customer.
At a car dealership in Kansas, USA, a sold pickup truck became the new home for a family, causing the delivery to be delayed. Reddit
View original imageThis Super Duty truck had recently been sold to a customer. However, when the staff checked the vehicle for delivery, they discovered that a robin had built a nest inside. After first spotting the nest, they confirmed that the mother bird had laid four eggs. The eggs eventually hatched, and the robin chicks are now growing up in the nest above the truck's wheel. The dealership reportedly even named the chicks “Lugnut,” “Axle,” “Diesel,” and “Turbo.”
The issue is that this nest is protected under U.S. federal law. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, enacted in 1918, prohibits capturing, transporting, trading, or harming protected migratory birds or their nests without a permit. Road & Track reported that after confirming the robin and its active nest were protected under this law, the dealership decided not to move the nest.
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As a result, the customer who purchased the truck could not take immediate delivery. Fortunately, the new owner understood the situation and agreed to wait until the robin chicks left the nest on their own. The dealership also expressed its gratitude, stating, “We appreciate our customers for waiting with us.” The dealership estimates that if the robin chicks grow normally, they will likely leave the nest by the end of this month. Local media projected that in this case, the customer could take delivery of the vehicle as early as early June. The dealership joked that this might be “the only F-250 protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.” Online, people shared reactions such as “the warmest reason for a delivery delay” and “the pickup truck has become a new home.”
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