From Sabrina J Rangel
When a short-eared owl gives you that look-Go ahead, make me famous!
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this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2025
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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
Germany-Austria-Switzerland-Italy Wild Bird Rescue: wildvogelhilfe.org
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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I've always liked just about all animals, but have had a few favs over the years. When I met my current girlfriend she liked owl, so one day I was like where can I go to see owls specifically and found The Raptor Trust in NJ. After that, I started seeking them out at regular zoos and other rescue/rehab places with public access.
For specific content through here, my Facebook feed does the heavy lifting because love it or hate it, it's free, it's huge, and it's easy to use so anyone making content is going to share it there if they share it anywhere. Now that I follow probably over 100 rescues and photographers my algorithm is pretty well tuned to bring me almost exclusively owls, about half are non-AI content. What's left though, is pretty premium stuff now and I could share just about every post. I'm at the point I pass over a bunch of things and still have enough or sometimes too much.
I currently have 36 saved posts, ready to deploy as needed. I try to make 3 or 4 a day so I stay topped off. Then I can just choose 4 I'm in the mood for in the morning before I head out to work. When I'm bored at work I'll just Google "owl" and click the news tab and see what's good there. That's another way I can add new places to my feed.
I've also been using Google translate to try to get terms for rescues and species in other languages to try and find exotic local content. That's my big goal this year to get a lot more of that. I also am interviewing this week to volunteer a day a week at the largest rescue in my state to try to get some hands on knowledge. It's not owl specific, but they have a number of them there, including some educational animals and maybe I will see what all it takes to get in on some of that action. They have a pretty strict social media policy, so I don't know if I'll be able to get pics, but I should be able to get some good practical education.
Mostly I just like the researching and trying to find new things to teach you guys here. It's fun, and I get happy when you all get really interested in things.