For owls that are superb.
US Wild Animal Rescue Database: Animal Help Now
International Wildlife Rescues: RescueShelter.com
Australia Rescue Help: WIRES
Germany-Austria-Switzerland-Italy Wild Bird Rescue: wildvogelhilfe.org
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.
For more detailed help, see the OwlPages Rescue page.
Spectre the Snowy taking a break from greeting all his fans today at the Raven Ridge Animal Baby Shower event.
Shared this in another thread, but it's a fun pic so I thought I'd give it its own post so everyone can see it.
I'll trickle some pics out over the next few days of all the great birds I got to meet.
I thought male Snowies lose (almost all) their black spots as they age? Is this one not fully grown yet or do exceptions occur?
You taught me this btw 😜
I'm always so happy people retain the things I share!
They all start blackish, then get spotty, and the males will continue to lose spots.
You can see in the pics where he is losing them. I think he's only 1.5 years old, so he's got a ways to go.
How cool! So you can roughly gauge its age by looking at how many spots they have left?
I've only gotten to skim through this a little bit, but I came across an almost 80 page guide on aging Snowies by their feathers!
And I thought I spent a lot of time looking at owls! 😆 I can't imagine how much time went into this guide.