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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 link was in the email newsletter I get from Cornell Lab. I thought people here might appreciate it. You’ve seen what these owls look like, now hear what they sound like! You may even have heard them and not known it was an owl.

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's a nice assortment of calls, but I still think it's cruel of them putting the Barn Owl first without anything to indicate what your volume is set to first! 😮

[–] humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It railed me too! But I'm so glad I gave this a click. As I instantly recognized that chilling call I heard a few weeks ago and had no idea what it was. Now I know and can't wait to hear/ listen for more

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I love hearing owls when I'm out and about. I regularly hear a Great Horn where we go to the beach, and even when we went to Brooklyn this year, we were out walking in the morning and I heard one there as well. Owls are everywhere!

[–] onigiri@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Haha, like a jump scare! Some of these I would never have guessed were owls.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I keep thinking about doing a thing where you guys would blind vote on different hoots to pick a Top Owl Sound or some such, but still debating how and when to do it. They're so many great ones and the sound doesn't always match the owl.