Rescuing an Owl: Part 2

A Window into Wildness

Apr 19, 2024

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In this image, the fledgling owl is sitting on a branch next to the trunk of a large tree. The fledgling still has its fluffy feathers, but the disc face shape is starting to show around its eyes. It's so-called horns are fluffy feathers sticking up. In the subsequent images, a man's hands are shown holding the baby owl on the first day after it fell out of the nest. At that time, the owl was entirely white, fluffy feathers with disproportionately big feet with claws. The next image shows the plastic tub that the owl rescue team strapped to a nearby tree and filled with leaves and twigs. In the final image, the baby owl is shown laying in the bottom of the tub trying to hide.

This is part two of the owl rescue story. The first essay can be found here.

Our lives were entwined with a Great-horned Owl family for two memorable months. It started with the rescue of a nestling Great-horned Owl on March 3, who was found on the ground next to a tall pine tree. A group of friends and I rigged up a makeshift nest in a nearby tree, usi…

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Rescuing an Owl: Part 2

A Window into Wildness

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