Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre – Owls in Towels https://owlsintowels.org/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:46:11 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://owlsintowels.org/content/media/tBNh7to.png Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre – Owls in Towels https://owlsintowels.org/ 32 32 Brancher Owls Renested https://owlsintowels.org/brancher-owls-renested/ https://owlsintowels.org/brancher-owls-renested/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://owlsintowels.org/?p=4364 A Great Horned Owlet is contained in a vanilla pillow case. The case colour matches his/her fuzzy fledgling feathers, like frosted tips on plumage that is otherwise tan, brown and black. The setting is a forest floor: an orange climbing rope is coiled below with brown pine needles and leaf litter strewn about.

Original post – 12 May 2024
by Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre

located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
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Rehabilitation is great but re-nesting is even better!! Thanks to observant rescuers, our skilled team, and a volunteer arborist, together we were able to re-nest two branching Great Horned Owls high up in the tree. Both young were found on the ground with evidence that their nest was destroyed. After a thorough check, and a few good meals at the Centre, they were ready to return home. From a far distance, we observed mom and dad excitedly welcoming them back within an hour of them returning to the tree!!

A second owlet appears. The pair of GHOWs are perched fore and aft on a branch in a brightly-lit enclosure. The owls' silhouettes blend with the off-white wooden trellis walls behind, making it hard to make out the horns for which the species is named (i.e. the tufts of feathers that ostensibly look like ears). The tufts are only short round nubbins at this early life stage. Any excuse to use the word nubbin, really.
Close up of one of the owlets, with pale yellow eyes and mouth agape trying to exclaim in owl-speak "back off strange bear!"
Shot from afar, one of the owlets is centre of frame, perched high in a pine tree.

πŸ¦‰This is peak clumsy baby owl season. If you have found a young owl, please call BEFORE rescue if possible so we can assess re-nesting potential! πŸ¦‰

Link to donate to Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre for those willing and able.

xo owlsintowels

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SpeciesCommon NameMore info
Bubo virginianusGreat Horned OwlWiki link
]]> https://owlsintowels.org/brancher-owls-renested/feed/ 0 Cosy Northern Saw-Whet https://owlsintowels.org/cosy-northern-saw-whet/ https://owlsintowels.org/cosy-northern-saw-whet/#respond Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://owlsintowels.org/?p=2051 Close-up of a Saw-whet Owl wrapped inside a fluffy cream towel. A half circle of head takes up the top-half of frame. Said head contains a pair of yellow eyes with wide pupils, and the top of a beak; everything below this is obscured by the towel. The feathers around the brow of the owl's eyes and bridge of the beak forms a Y-shape of white. The rest of the owl is brown with small white speckles and streaks.

Original post – 27 Jan 2023
by Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre

located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
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Original text:

A good day to wrap yourself in a blanket and stay cozy!

Some more info (courtesy of OVWBCC) is that the Saw-whet Owl gets its name from its call, which resembles the sound made when someone sharpens (aka “whets”) a large mill saw. πŸͺšπŸͺšπŸͺš

They also have a series of barks, whines, and squeaks they use to communicate with each other.

Link to donate to Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre for those willing and able.

xo owlsintowels

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SpeciesCommon NameMore info
Aegolius acadicusNorthern Saw-whet OwlWiki link
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