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For owls that are superb.
US Wild Animal Rescue Database: Animal Help Now
International Wildlife Rescues: RescueShelter.com
Australia Rescue Help: WIRES
If you find an injured owl:
Note your exact location so the owl can be released back where it came from. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitation specialist to get correct advice and immediate assistance.
Minimize stress for the owl. If you can catch it, toss a towel or sweater over it and get it in a cardboard box or pet carrier. It should have room to be comfortable but not so much it can panic and injure itself. If you can’t catch it, keep people and animals away until help can come.
Do not give food or water! If you feed them the wrong thing or give them water improperly, you can accidentally kill them. It can also cause problems if they require anesthesia once help arrives, complicating procedures and costing valuable time.
If it is a baby owl, and it looks safe and uninjured, leave it be. Time on the ground is part of their growing up. They can fly to some extent and climb trees. If animals or people are nearby, put it up on a branch so it’s safe. If it’s injured, follow the above advice.
For more detailed help, see the OwlPages Rescue page.
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It's been a bit since we talked about Hedwig. For those that didn't know:
While Hedwig the character is a lady owl, she was played by 7 different Snowy Owls, most of which were males.
The adult males have considerably less spots than the females.
Male owls are typically smaller than females, and the film crew went with the smaller ones to make it easier for the young actors to work with.
Thank You for the info, I appriciate it.
As a kid/youg adult I read the books which kind of made me want an owl as a pet.
Later, reading about movies consequences, I was ashamed of younger(harry potter craze era) me.
As Your link lead sto private group I couldn't see facebook image, but by Your description and Your previous snow owl images this should be an lady owl.
I was leaning towards male for this one. Makes can still have a modest amount of speckles, but tend to have less as they age. Here is a male and female pair. You can see the male has spots like the post picture, but considerably less than the female.
They start off all black as babies.
Ooh that is significant difference,
I saw couple of almost pure white from previous posts, so owl from this seemd to have more specks.
But this is night & day difference in not only quantity but size also.
Young ones are like polar explorers in fur coat with snow goggles (like black eye piercing trough tiny holes).
They're not all quite this different, but it's much more of a visual clue than we get with most owls.
The babies are so cute. These and the Saw Whet owls look so different between baby and adult.
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