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US Wild Animal Rescue Database: Animal Help Now

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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.

For more detailed help, see the OwlPages Rescue page.

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Photo by Sergio Luzzini & Luca Vignati

Eurasian Scops Owl (0tus scops) on Sardinia, Italy

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[–] KammicRelief@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Such a good photo, it took TWO photographers to make it.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm glad someone picked up on that! I thought it was cute they shared credit.

Was it one to spot, one to get the pic? One is the photographer and the other does the Lightroom? Somebody holds the camera and the other works the shutter? One makes cutesy noises to get it to look at the camera?

So many possibilities!

[–] KammicRelief@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

or one of those is the name of the posing owl? who knows!

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I could see his name being Sergio! 🤣