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.
Meet Ember - a touch of magic to the skies. Ember is the same species as other barn owls seen in the UK, but he has extra melanin (pigmentation) in his feathers which makes him that gorgeous charcoal and orange! We think Ember is gorgeous!
oOOOo a chocolate-caramel owl! Now just need to find some graham cracker owls and a marshmallow owl.
Looking good, Ember!
Please refrain from eating the owls 😜
Awwww . . . . fine
Have you played Bugsnax?
Heh, no but it looks fun.
It's great, but weird.
Toasted to perfection, and absolutely gorgeous!
I love the unusual ones.
I haven't done any reading to see if melanism has any side effects like leucism does. I'll have to read up on that...
Some of the Masked Owls have nice colorations somewhat like this guy. We'll have to feature some of those soon too.
Share a gift this Giving Tuesday with Suffolk Owl Sanctuary here.
I'd always recommend you donate to your local rescue first, but if you've liked some of the work this charity had provided this year or can't find who your local rescue is, these people will still appreciate whatever you would like to share.
No specific endorsement by me here, just sharing donate links for whomever happened to be in my posts today. As I said, you should fund your local rescue first.
Beautiful. I thought it was a sooty owl.
I'm looking forward to seeing more Sooties coming up in the tournament, but they are up against GHO, so I'm a little sad to see one of them get bumped right away. Sooties are awesome.
Sure, I agree, but then again it's at least a little sad when any owl leaves the tournament...
Very true, declaring the losing owl is the hardest part of my job.
Beautiful
I can only imagine he is more amazing in person!