From Tommy Eliasson
Great Grey stuck in heavy rain.
this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2024
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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
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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.
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What an amazing shot !
I kept thinking it had to be fake until I went to the photographer's own feed and found the other pic of it sitting in the rain in the same tree. I was really wowed by it.
This reminds me that owls can turn their heads to freaky angles because that head looks turned way around that my neck hurts just from looking.
But the shot is great though. Just that phwoosh of warer.
They've got twice the neck vertebrae than we do, and they're a bit coiled like a spring. The blood vessels and airways are also similarly coiled inside so they don't suffocate themselves contorting like this. Those would have been some interesting generations to observe while that was evolving! 😆
Haha. Just imagining the prehistoric owls twisting their neck going "Okay. Okay. Nope, too far. There goes my neck."
And that one smug owl who of course got the biggest twist angle giving the smug owl look.
I imagined them looking around too fast and blacking out and falling out the tree in a cartoonish manner. Somewhat like so:
Yes, you get the comedic potential. Man it works Jane been hilarious.
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Amazing! That will be my profil picture for my PieFed account.
Excellent!
That's one wet chouette!