Tag: Owls in Towels
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Great Horned soccer tangle
Welding gloves, towel and chopsticks… neighbours use tools to rescue great horned owl tangled in soccer net Original story by CBC News – 05 Oct 2022 For those willing and able please consider helping fund Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society at the following DONATION LINK. Your generosity ensures the best possible care for their animal guests.…
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Little owl burrito of the week! 🦉 + 🌯
Original post – 16 Nov 2021 by West Shore Wildlife Center, Pennsylvania, US website | facebook | instagram Original comment: When receiving his daily medical care, a quick burrito in a blanket lets our rehab staff safely medicate and check this Eastern Screech Owl patient’s progress while also keeping him secure. He’s decided to close…
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I helped release this ruru!
I was incredibly fortunate to have a close encounter with this beautiful ruru at BirdCare Aotearoa (website | facebook | instagram ) in Auckland, New Zealand. They were looking for volunteers to transport some of their avian guests for release. My partner and I jumped at the opportunity and we got to meet this little…
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Eastern Screech owl needs coaxing to eat
Original post – 21 Mar 2023u/Nearby-Sentence-4740 on reddit “Injured wing, probably from a car. Sometimes when they first arrive in rehab, they don’t eat. We offer food… If they decline we offer a few bites with tongs; they’ll usually remember that eating is good.” It was reported this owl was released back to where it…
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Gorgeous Panamanian striped owl ‘Gema’
Original post – 17 Jan 2021 – by @owl.whisperer Panama City, Panama instagram | twitter | youtube Original Spanish comment: and in English: Our precious “Gem”, (Striped Owl – Asio clamator). I was healing her because she got a little wound while trying to climb to the highest part of the biggest enclosure. Now, she…
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How to make an owl burrito
Little owl being wrapped in a towel, as part of treatment by wildlife specialists. (I think they’re putting him on a dinner plate to be funny, and hopefully not as part of meal preparation😮…. needs some branch dressing) Couldn’t find a source for this one. If anyone can find the original please let me know,…
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Pink burrito for Eastern screech owl
Original Post – 27 Mar 2021 West Shore Wildlife Center, Pennsylvania website | facebook | instagram 27 Mar 2021 This Eastern Screech Owl came to us earlier this week and is one of the first patients admitted to our updated indoor rehab space! He was sadly clipped by a car and it took a few…
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Swaddled Bu-ruru-rito
Birdcare Aotearoa – September 2022 website | facebook | instagram Ninox novaeseelandiae (a.k.a ruru in Māori or morepork in English) is a species of owl native to New Zealand, closely related to the boobook in Australia. Here’s one being swaddled in a towel like a burrito 🌯 so the carers can medicate him more easily,…
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Great Horned tangled in chicken coop net
Original post – 12 Dec 2018 – by Sarvey Wildlife website | facebook | instagram Patient of the Week – Entangled Great Horned owl – he was discovered a couple of weeks ago stuck in netting over a chicken coop. He had some serious wounds to his foot but is improving and will be released…
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Sleepy-eyed barred owl
Original post – 18 Jun 2016 – by Sharon Audubon Center website | facebook | instagram Photo: CAMILLA CEREA @camillacereaLink to post on instagram For those willing and able please consider helping fund Sharon Audobon at the following DONATION LINK. Your generosity ensures the best possible care for their animal guests. xo owlsintowels 🧡🦉 Species…
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‘Bip’ the white-faced scops owl
Original post – 12 May 2020 Photo credit Elliot Hall @redtailhawked The Raptor Foundation UK website | facebook | instagram Bip is one third of a trio of education owls called Bip Bop and Boo at The Raptor Foundation UK. The name is possibly a reference to the song “Bibbidy-Bobbidy-Boo” from Cinderella (1950), or the…
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‘Rocket’, the little Tasmanian Boobook owl
Original post – 24 Mar 2022 Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania website | facebook | instagram Another look at Rocket recuperating after anaesthesia. He suffered a broken toe, likely from collision with a vehicle, but thankfully Bonorong vets were able to splint the fracture, giving Rocket the best possible chance to regain health For those willing…