FreeMe Wildlife – Owls in Towels https://owlsintowels.org/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:34:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://owlsintowels.org/content/media/tBNh7to.png FreeMe Wildlife – Owls in Towels https://owlsintowels.org/ 32 32 Stroppy Eagle Owl https://owlsintowels.org/stroppy-eagle-owl/ https://owlsintowels.org/stroppy-eagle-owl/#respond Sun, 19 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://owlsintowels.org/?p=2228 A Spotted Eagle Owl is wrapped in a slate blue towel in a burrito-like fashion. The rehabber holds the fledgling upright for the camera with their left hand (in a white medical glove), and takes the photo with their right. The original post says "rehabbers often have to handle admissions solo" which explains the improvised wrapping technique common to a lot of posts here, which enables the carer to take notes, photos, and administer food, fluids, treatment etc. The owl's feathers are mostly grey with a white outer fuzz looking like fresh snow. Her beak is tucked in behind the wrap, leaving only her green-yellow eyes visible, which are expressive, thanks in part to black markings that appear like raised eyebrows.

19th of Owltober!

Original post – 26 Sep 2025
by FreeMe Wildlife

located in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 🇿🇦
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Original text:

Creativity is key🤔🔑

When working at a rehab centre, anything can happen at any time, day or night. This means our rehabbers often have to handle admissions solo (holding, treating, taking photos etc.), which often leads to comical improvisations. This Spotted Eagle Owl fledgling was being especially stroppy on admission, and so had to be restrained in a towel burrito while a small wound on her neck was being treated🤣🌯🦉.

Two days later…

Update on our blind Spotted Eagle Owl fledgling🦉🦉🦉

This young spotty, now known as Eyeball😂, is doing much better than on admission. While both pupils have returned to normal size, we’re not convinced she can see much more than light or movement. It’s been a long road for this baby, and her journey with us is not quite over yet. We are cautiously hopeful that she will continue to improve and regain her sight fully. In the meantime, she has moved to a bigger cage and will soon be tested in an outside enclosure.

We love what we do, and how we do it… ❤

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xo owlsintowels

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SpeciesCommon NameMore info
Bubo africanusSpotted Eagle-OwlWiki link



Bonus image:

A cartoon trash-can lid and a pair of fuzzy brown eyebrows are composited onto the original image, which combined with the cylinder-like quality of the towel, and the owl's eyes peeking above the rim, makes this Spotted Eagle Owl look like beloved Sesame Street character Oscar the Grouch

]]> https://owlsintowels.org/stroppy-eagle-owl/feed/ 0 Weighing a Torpedowl https://owlsintowels.org/weighing-a-torpedowl/ https://owlsintowels.org/weighing-a-torpedowl/#respond Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://owlsintowels.org/?p=2082 This owlet meets the category of "torpedowl" being wrapped in a tube of plain white towel and head facing outwards from the cylinder. She is placed in a plastic bowl the colour of warm pastel blue, atop a set of scales. Her face is a little sunk inside the tube, and in shadow which accentuates the yellow of her eyes. Her mouth is slightly open and tongue is visible. Being juvenile there's an extra level of fluffiness to her feathers.

Original post – 08 Nov 2024
by FreeMe Wildlife

located in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 🇿🇦
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Original text:

A Spotted Eagle Owl chick, not impressed with being weighed… 😂

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xo owlsintowels

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SpeciesCommon NameMore info
Bubo africanusSpotted Eagle-OwlWiki link

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