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If you find an injured owl:
Note your exact location so the owl can be released back where it came from. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitation specialist to get correct advice and immediate assistance.
Minimize stress for the owl. If you can catch it, toss a towel or sweater over it and get it in a cardboard box or pet carrier. It should have room to be comfortable but not so much it can panic and injure itself. If you can’t catch it, keep people and animals away until help can come.
Do not give food or water! If you feed them the wrong thing or give them water improperly, you can accidentally kill them. It can also cause problems if they require anesthesia once help arrives, complicating procedures and costing valuable time.
If it is a baby owl, and it looks safe and uninjured, leave it be. Time on the ground is part of their growing up. They can fly to some extent and climb trees. If animals or people are nearby, put it up on a branch so it’s safe. If it’s injured, follow the above advice.
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This little fella would agree with you! 🥰
That is too precious! Thank you for sharing that, it made me unreasonably happy!
It was so great to see in person. They are absolutely as charming and full of personality as they are in the photos! They deserve all their popularity.
Spectre was pretty vocal whenever he spotted active with a treat and he would make noises at the other birds and look like he water to play with them.
Many great faces and expressions every time I looked over at him. I will post more soon.
Do you know if he plays with the other birds routinely? Just curious.
I was honestly surprised they had as many birds as they did out in the area it was at. For being a bunch of predators, some of which would eat each other in the wild, they were all very calm around each other.
The one falcon was trying for a bit to get somewhere, but there wasn't really much flapping or anything going on like when they get a bit excited or overwhelmed.
I can't think of any species of raptor I've ever seen mixed other than Turkey Vultures and Black Vultures. With domesticated dogs and cats not always able to be around others, even though these animals are human raised, they're still wild and more volatile than that. With as stringent as licensing is to keep raptors, I'm sure having an incident wouldn't look great.
That said, Snowy really seemed to be soaking up the attention from human and bird alike!
I guess not. Now I'm curious about the falcon! Something about curiosity killing the cat... But satisfaction bringing it back.
We used to have raptor centers nearby. I'll have to see if they're open to the public yet)I believe it's seasonal) and maybe talk my neighbor into going.
They had a Red Tail and a Peregrine, but I saw 2 other birds I wasn't familiar with. The one was a Saker Falcon, which they said was European, and a Taita Falcon they said was African.
I know nothing about them, so I bookmarked some reading to do when I get caught up with responsibilities. The person with the Saker was walking around and I got some good close up looks at that one, but the Taita was left on its perch near the back the whole time I was there.
They put away the Eurasian Eagle Owl right when I got there, but that one seemed calm, while the Taita looked like it kept wanting to hunt birds flying by or something because it was lunging like it wanted to chase something a few times, but they kept it out.
Kinda sad I missed the EEO, and when I saw it, I thought it was a GHO and they were just walking it around, as they made no mention of any of these fancy owls anywhere in the promotions! But the guy let it back in his crate and I heard him tell someone it was an EEO.
There is extra licensing required to display animals, so not everywhere will always let you in. But many do community events or will have an annual open house or allow you to request a private tour of the facilities. Since they all need donations, they do tend to pop up in random places to try and fundraise.
Well you just had a full day of cool birds, then! I'm curious what the taita was on about, now! 😂
I'm sorry you missed the Eurasian, hopefully you'll have another opportunity soon.
I'm wondering if seasonal is specific to my state or I'm misremembering? I'll have to call this week and see if the public is admitted and on what schedule, if so.
Enjoy your evening, my friend, and thanks for so freely sharing about your day with us! It sounds immensely gratifying and joyful, and we all need joy in our lives!