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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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Autumn Embrace (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by anon6789 to c/superbowl

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From Peggy Smith

As I wish for more snow, here's a throwback to one of my favorite autumn photographs.

New River Gorge National Park

Victor & Olga were Eastern Screech Owls that were cared for at Three Rivers Avian Center in Brooks, WV. They care for injured birds of prey and return them to the wild if possible. They do two fundraisers a year in the form of photography workshops. You get to photograph beautiful birds of prey, learn about them, all while helping support a wonderful organization. I am a lover of owls. I'm so lucky and happy to have captured this precious moment.

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[–] anon6789 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If anyone is ever interested in that stuff, let me know and I will post details. Lots of places do things like this, and I recently saw the rates for Ryan Humphrey's wild owl photography tours are much more reasonable that I had imagines, and there are guys like the recent Saw Whet Whisperer post. I generally chop that stuff out of my posts because I don't want to appear to be spamming for anyone, but if people are interested, just give me the word and I'll share details.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think like in this case how it's sort of part of the story of the picture it'd be perfectly apropos to include a link or something like that. I mean, for me that sounds good.

[–] anon6789 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This one was super cute. Most are like flyers, so they're basically straight up ads, though still cute. More like this kind of thing:

[–] homesweethomeMrL 2 points 1 week ago

Oh I see - Well, still fine by me. Like, if you're spotlighting a story that came from there or the organization. y'know, why not?