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.
Photos by Charon Comeau
As photographers we focus on the perfect shot, myself included, always looking for that perfect picture! I was focused on the baby at the top because he was a clear shot! I decided to zoom out and take in the whole picture. Dad and three owlets (back when they were about 8 weeks old). The fourth owlet was above them and mom was in a tree just out of the frame.
Legit thought this was an AI troll with the finger knot in the tree bark. Good shot!
I try hard to keep my name as a "seal of quality" for posts here, so I try to get everything from sources I've come to trust.
There are things like stacked images I've been learning about, which start to polarize people already even before we get to fully generated images.
First nature photos, I feel there is enough natural beauty as it is. Want to fix a glare, get a stubborn leaf or tree branch out of the picture, ok. I still feel the photographer should say when they add or remove something if they're presenting it as a real photo. Transparency is going to become more and more important in an age of computer generated content as we blur the lines more of editing vs fabrication.
Tl;dr - I'm glad you enjoyed the photo!