From the book hoot what was in cardboard box Roy had?

In Carl Hiaasen's novel "Hoot," Roy Eberhardt receives a mysterious cardboard box from a stranger named Mullet Fingers. The box contains a live screech owl, which Roy names "Owly." Throughout the novel, Roy forms a bond with Owly and plays a crucial role in saving threatened burrowing owls and fighting against developers who are destroying the owls' habitat.