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 Izzy Edwards
I was absolutely shocked to see not just two, but five fully grown Barn Owls emerge from this tiny hole in the dirt. I have no idea how they all fit comfortably in there! Image taken well after sunset.
Ah these are the owls that look a bit fake and plastic to me because of that too white head. Like awesome alien species.
Also when you're a poor owl trying to get by you take what roommates you need. We're rooting for you owls.
Is it better or worse when they're more uniformly white?
This is better actually. Full definition white owl missile sighted.
I didn't know they came that white. That's really pretty.
I'm a little weak on differentiating the Tyto owls, but they really run a wide range of colors.
This is an artistic interpretation, but it covers a wide range of what they can look like.
Interesting! The dark ones are pretty too. Dark critters don't always get enough love.
That's wild, I wonder if that's something new or if Barn Owls routinely hang out in hidey-holes underground and no one's noticed.
Owls are just opportunistic all around. If it's safe enough to get the job done, they'll live there. When you can't make your own nest, you get stuck with what the local market has available! 🤪
I don't poke my head in here too often, curious how they look unusual.
Also, warning for fellow Facebook haters, source link is a Facebook link. No hate to OP, I get you are just posting the source to properly credit the photographer, and if Facebook is where the picture was originally posted…
This is a somewhat reversed owl joke.
The typical scenario is where there is something like a Great Horned Owl in a barn, and someone will inevitably say "that's a funny looking Barn Owl!"
The birds in the OP photo are Barn Owls, but they are in a more burrow-like nesting spot, so this is my "these are funny looking Burrowing Owls!".
Here are some Burrowing Owls and their burrows so you can see they are obviously nothing alike.
Facebook links are pretty necessary for me. I know you all hate it. All the rescues are on it though as it is free, easy to use anytime, anywhere, and reaches the most people at once, so that is where the bulk of animal content with stories will be coming from.
OP, I'll say horrible things about facebook all day, but you totally get a free pass. You're doing the Owl's work, as they (might) say.
It makes perfect sense why the groups do it. It's basically free advertising to the largest audience, and the algorithm will promote any cute animal, based on all the AI ones I get recommended. It helps get them money and attention, and sites like Flickr rarely give any backstory, so it's just my best option. I was going to delete my profile until I started doing this, so now it's over 100 animal groups on my list and like 20 friends, yet still at least half of the recs it gives me are politics stuff from both sides and AI spam. It's as bad as the ratio of ads to content back when people read magazines.
These owls look like they're in an Elder Scrolls game and I don't know why.
I am a very light gamer, and haven't played any Elder Scrolls, but they look like they have a ton of owl stuff!
Hawk Owl
GHO / Eagle Owl type
Grey Owl type
Guy with owl mask
And of course an owlbear.
Anon, I need your enthusiasm in many instances. Thank you for making my day brighter :)
It isn't always easy. This year has really been testing my depression resisting skills.
Having a responsibility to you all here though always gives me something to look forward to. I feel the commentary has been down a little the last couple weeks, especially on the weekend, and it's been making it a bit tougher, but that's showbiz I guess.
But at this point for those that are here, even if they're quiet, I know this space means a lot to all of us, especially in bad times. Owls have no time for moping and complaining. They just carry on and push forward, They endure all sorts of dangers and foul weather. Owls can only look straight ahead, and for most, when it gets darkest is when it is their true opportunity to shine the brightest!
Well, now I want to cry
I think, maybe in light of the recent political turmoil, it had been hard for people to,"tune in" to a different channel. I have been that way and I'm trying to make an effort to stop and smell the owls and history stuff :)
Yup, that is my thought. I'm sure people just want to be left be. So I just suck it up and keep doing my thing. You guys will get more chatty when you're ready.
I've been enjoying the history stuff also. Last week's Behind the Bastards on Louis XIV really highlighted nothing going on now is new. We've been through it multitudes of times, and it may get ugly for a while, but we reach our breaking point eventually and make things better again for a while until we inevitably take it for granted again and lose it.
This guy seemed especially needy in the attention department. My favorite part was it was some top honor to be given the opportunity to help the king/queen put on their shirts in the morning, but it someone outranking you came in the room, you had to relinquish your dressing privilege, and there were times they were just standing there getting all frozen because someone kept interrupting the dress up time.
I’m sure people just want to be left be.
For me, it's mostly just life happening. Getting sick, working a lot, both at the same time. Plus I tend to sort by subscribed > new, and sometimes I miss stuff. Especially lately cause there are a lot more posts. I've been trying to come directly here to see what new stuff you've posted.
And sometimes I just fall down a rabbit hole. Lately, music theory. But I know what it's like to put effort into something and not get feedback, and it's just nice here, so I try to comment more than I would other places.