Tag: owls

jenntalksnature:

This
is Basket Owl (a baby great horned owl). Its mother, who is perhaps a
first time mother, selected an old, very small (for an owl) crow nest at
the top of a tree. Not surprising to the people watching her constantly
pulling her baby back under herself as it bulged over the edges of the
nest, the baby fell out when very young. Thankfully, some kind humans
noticed and instead of absconding with the baby, they grabbed a new nest
(a deep basket) and secured it part way up the
nest tree, then placed the baby in the basket. Thankfully, mom realized
this was a much better nest and resumed sitting on her baby in their
new home. This is Basket Owl yesterday, several weeks after its rescue,
doing well and in the “brancher” phase (i.e. not quite fledging, but
moving around in the tree a bit). It’s such a cute puff and a testament
to people trying to keep the baby with its parents instead of just
kidnapping it with good intentions.

Please, if you encounter baby birds this season, do your best to place
them back in the nest or up in a bush or tree, off the ground.  Don’t
immediately take the baby and accidentally kidnap it.  If the nest seems
to have broken, find a cardboard box or a small basket, place the baby
inside, and secure it up in the nest tree, off the ground (the parents
are very likely going to find it).  If you feel the bird may be
legitimately injured, call a bird expert or rehabber BEFORE taking the
baby away from its parents.

Enjoy  watching all the cute baby birds this season!

wildlifeaid:

This young little owl was found collapsed and was hurried to the centre for treatment. This is the latest in a series of patients that have arrived in a collapsed and dehydrated state due to the extreme weather and will, no doubt, not be the last.

Luckily, this youngster was found in time and, with gentle fluid therapy and food, it is getting stronger by the day. It is currently recovering in one of our pens and is looking much brighter. We will do all we can to get it back out to the wild as soon as we can.

wildlifeaid:

This beautiful tawny owl was rushed into the centre after being hit by a car. Although seemingly uninjured, it was dazed and wasn’t able to fly.

Maru could not find any broken bones and tests on the owls eyes proved no damage. Any animal hit by a car will often go into shock and, with careful monitoring and management, they often recover well. This owl has already started to show signs of improvement and we hope that we will be able to return it to the wild soon!

argumate:

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pepper-peen-queen:

gifsboom:

Owl love you. [video]

I WANT TO HUG AN OWL

@colonelowl

@icamon-chan

This is the cutest thing in the world.

I’ve seen some people complain about how the Owl is supposedly “not happy” or “warning the girl”. Those folks actually don’t know anything about birds, because birds including Owls communicate their unhappiness through Threat Displays. In other words, they puff their feathers out and make themselves look as larger and angry as possible.

I don’t know the term for it, but those “nibbles” are one way birds display affection. It’s a grooming behavior, and all kinds of birds do it. The parakeets I had as a child did it, and our Conure does it. He actually goes, “Kisses! Kisses!” when he wants us to get close so he can do it. You’ll also see wild birds, including Owls, do it with each other.

Owls are also a social species, and will often cuddle with each other. So in conclusion, Happy Owl is Happy and loves their little girl.

THAT OWL LOVES THAT KID

❤

@argumate 

an effective way to soothe my rage