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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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From Edwin Godinho

Incoming dart - A Little owl coming straight down the barrel. They have this bouncing wave like flight pattern like a woodpecker. It a few flaps then glide with the wings tucked but gravity brings them down and then they flap again. This is when they tuck their wings and cut through the air.

Unless you have seen them on the field you cannot appreciate their size. They are tiny for an owl and capturing them in flight is not easy especially when they are coming towards you like that.

But now due to the way mirrorless cameras Autofocus works it has made it much easier to track them. It is probably their eyes as well that helps the subject detection pick them out more easily. Better hit rate on these shots than we had with DSLRS.

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It was hard to be motivated today, but I've been told a few times I gave people the smile they needed on a bad day. I wish I could do more for people, but for this moment, this is what I have and know how to do. I know it doesn't fix anything that's wrong right now, but highlighting there is still beauty in the natural world is something that can still give us a spark of joy. We can't always count on our fellow humans, but nature will endure long past us in some shape or form.