Gumbuya Wildlife Park – Owls in Towels https://owlsintowels.org/ Sun, 26 Oct 2025 05:30:09 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://owlsintowels.org/content/media/tBNh7to.png Gumbuya Wildlife Park – Owls in Towels https://owlsintowels.org/ 32 32 Duncan’s Check Up https://owlsintowels.org/duncans-check-up/ https://owlsintowels.org/duncans-check-up/#respond Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://owlsintowels.org/?p=1945

10th of Owltober!

Original post – 29 Jul 2022
by Gumbuya Wildlife Park
located in Melbourne, Victoria
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In this behind-the-scenes video, ranger Alicia introduces us to Gumbuya Park’s pair of Masked Owls, Flick & Duncan, as they prepare for their monthly weighing.

In order to weigh our owls, we actually wrap them in the towel. It makes them feel secure, and they stay nice and still for us while we put them on the scales.

The Masked Owl is an endangered species and the second largest nocturnal bird (second to Powerful Owl) in Australia.

xo owlsintowels

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SpeciesCommon NameMore info
Tyto novaehollandiaeAustralian Masked OwlWiki link
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Original post – 09 Sep 2020 – Source

(Price per kilogram not available ❌)

by Gumbuya Wildlife Park at Tynong North, Victoria

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Photo credit: @the_real_mpp

“Ever wondered how our Rangers perform health checks on our Masked Owls? Here we have Duncan safely wrapped in a towel to be weighed. We think he looks like a little Owl-burrito”

xo owlsintowels

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SpeciesCommon NameMore info
Tyto novaehollandiaeAustralian masked owlWiki link

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