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.
From Conan Chee
Beautiful Northern Saw Whet Owl!! SW British Columbia
She looks like she just went to get the last frosted cookie out of the box that she was saving for after lunch, but it's GONE, and YOU'RE the only other person around, and WHAT ARE YOU CHEWING RIGHT NOW!
Nooo, that is the worst. I had something along those lines happen this week.
Amazing shot
I like these shots that show a lot of depth to the image. I recently got some binoculars to observe my bird friends, and I don't know if it's a sign of good or bad binoculars, but when I look through them it sometimes feel like the amount of 3D effect I'm getting is turned up to the max. It puts a really different spin on the observations for me.
Not that it's a great idea, but I want to cuddle him or her!
How are you, friend?
I absolutely still also want to cuddle and owl (the bigger, the better for me though!) but from handling feathers, other owl parts, and various wild, pet, and farm birds, birds I feel are slightly less satisfying IMO to cuddle. I always think to myself it should be more like a plushy, but they are just a balloon covered in down that doesn't seem to be as into the experience as I am. Mammals are the cuddle animals, They feel how my brain expects them to feel, and they sometimes also actually enjoy it in return.
I will always suggest experiencing things in whatever ways you can to gain better understanding, but my hands on bird time has always somewhat feel short of my initial excitement other than in a purely empirical way. Plus I don't want salmonella because I'm absolutely going to try to check it out and smell it because I'm weird and those are still valid data points to me! 😅
Smell is absolutely important sensory input. Even though I seem to have allergies year-round, after not smoking for a couple of years, I realize how much I missed!
Smell is an easy one to take for granted, and like you said, if you smoke or get sick or something and can't smell, it can make a lot of difference.
I think it's just interesting. My dogs and cars all lived together but they smelled different from each other, at least the dogs from the cats. That means there's something to observe there, and my nose was right there to analyze it...
Interestingly, I just watched a video about the different cancer smells. It was fascinating!
Your comment made me think of Joy Milne. I read about her ability to smell Parkinson's disease. She only got taken seriously after a scientist she had spoken to, learned about the research on dogs' ability to smell cancer.
I heard about her! If we have time to be less stressed, I bet most of us would discover insane innate abilities that currently seem miraculous. Slowing down and exploring ourselves is key. Maybe that's part of the reason we're not allowed to slow down.
I can remember a period where there were multiple news stories about cats supposedly detecting their humans'' cancer before doctors found it.No studies have been done on it, but it wouldn't shock me.
Cats and dogs. Human partners and friends, too, if they speak up about sudden changes in breath or body odors, such as sweet, fruity, moldy, decomposition, etc. I would imagine it takes a rather close and trusting relationship, eg I trust you aren't saying things to be hurtful/I trust you to receive my comments in good faith.
I definitely noticed when my first cat got kidney failure, though I didn't know what it was at the time. Also when my girlfriend was going through some mental issues it was one of the ways I could tell. We've got all our senses for a reason, we should use them!
I absolutely agree. Our society and even cultural habits can pull us away from ourselves, giving us a sense of distraction, separation, going in too many directions. When we get quiet and still, coming fully back into ourselves, we start to notice things again.
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I'm glad you commented today. This was a fun chat and I had been thinking about you this week since I hadn't seen your name in the comments for a while.
Thank you. I've missed our chats. I'm spending time on a few other projects, one of which may be surgery to correct some mechanical issues. I hope you are happy and well.
I am doing pretty well overall. There's a few things stressing me out, but they're under control, just annoying, and I've been 90% done being sick for like 2 weeks now but can't shake that last 10%. My overall feelings though have been better than at the very start of the year.
Good luck with what you have going on, I hope things go the way you want, and I'll be here whenever you're ready for more owls and tangential conversation!
I'm glad to hear you're doing better.
Thank you for your good wishes and for putting up with me to go off topic.
Always feel free to go off topic, at least on anything I post. I'm good talking about the actual owls of course, but I enjoy getting to know about all of you and whatever interesting things you're thinking about. No need for us to be all stuffy up in here.
I do so very much appreciate your kindness. Thank you.