Just the Back and Sides

A Saw-whet Owl is wrapped in a textured vanilla towel, held upright by the spread digits of a rehabilitator in aqua-blue scrubs. The owl's eyes are dilated, and lids relaxed, giving an expression of sedate nonchalance. Irises appear as half rings of cadmium yellow. The shape of the wrap is trapezoidal (a wrapezoid?), or in 3D a frustum, which combined with the owl's feathery orb of a head makes an outline like a chess pawn, or an old-timey keyhole. Or a patron at the barber.

Original post – 21 Mar 2020
in Seattle, Washington, US
Photo: ANNIE MARIE MUSSELMAN
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Here is a rescued northern saw-whet owl at a wildlife rehab center near Seattle where I worked and photographed for 7 years.❤️❤️❤️

xo owlsintowels

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SpeciesCommon NameMore info
Aegolius acadicusNorthern Saw-whet OwlWiki link

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