Long-Eared Owlet “Ginette”

Arranged in a nest shape is a dusty-burnt-orange towel (in colour only; the cloth is untarnished by earth or flame). Within that nest is a Long-Eared Owl chick draped in a juvenile coat entirely made of ashy-white feathers, with the exception of a bat-shaped mask of brownish-black around her eyes. On the topic of eyes, they're bright orange, like buoyancy rings, around pupils as wide as saucers.

5th of Owltober!

Original post – 20 Apr 2021
by Centre Erminea

located in Chavornay, Switzerland 🇨🇭
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Original text:

Nous avons reçu un bébé hibou moyen duc qui s’est malheureusement fracturé l’humérus. Il s’est fait opérer aujourd’hui et heureusement tout s’est bien passé. Si vous voulez soutenir notre petit chouchou moyen-duc “Ginette” CCP 17-229708-9 🙏 Merci pour votre aide 🦉

English Translation:

We have taken in a young long-eared owl chick that has unfortunately fractured her humerus. She underwent surgery today and, thankfully, everything went well. If you’d like to support our little darling, the long-eared owl “Ginette” (CCP 17-229708-9) 🙏 Thank you for your help 🦉

An x-ray output (post-surgery) shows a long thin metal rod stabilising the bébé owl's humerus. The metalwork is bright white compared to the rest of the owl's skeleton, glowing pale green on a dark background. The owl's bone structure is surprisingly small, illustrating that owls are 99% fluff. A few dozen feathers are radiodense, likely due to having blood supply as they grow, and so the spines appear bright and rather like fish bones or wide-tooth combs. A cone mask for the anaesthesia is placed around the owl's head. The text "Gauche" appears below the pinned wing which might seem odd commentary from the radiographers, had one not just learned the French word for "Left".
Back in the visible spectrum, the Long-Eared Owlet rests on red and orange towels inside a dark-walled container, peering up at whomever is peering down. A pink gauze wrap with purple splotches is around her now pinned Guache wing. She appears startled, and her buoyancy-ring eyes look more lemon than orange in this light.

Link to donate to Centre Erminea for those willing and able.

xo owlsintowels

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Asio otusLong-eared OwlWiki link

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