Found a baby owl tonight

mdvaden

Found a small owl on my trailer fender tonight.

Might take it to a wildlife center tomorrow, but I also learned from reading tonight, that baby owls are able to climb trees back to their nesting spot.

The question is, can we find which of our trees - if it is our tree - that it came from so we can put it on the trunk.

Sure is a soft little creature, like a small puffball.

Sharp claws, but it didn't hurt when it perched on my finger. Was nervous, but definitely liked having the back of its head rubbed like our birds. It would close its eyes and relax. It's covered in one of our smallest parrot travel cages for the night.

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treestyle

that's good to see!

i'm on the quest here to find a native owl. it's common name is "the powerful owl". supposed to be a HUGE owl but real ellusive. has a massive home range. one day i might be lucky enough to find one.

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Nice one Mario,there bice birds...

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Eric Frei

How cute's that?

Nice Mario, kids loved it.

Hope you find the tree for bubs

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Jeff Darby

Hi Mario,
Nice find, Here in Australia you need a licence to have an Owl and you must only get them from licenced dealer's not from the wild,still I wouldn't mind the bloke your got he looks great, the closest I've came is while I was dismatling a pine it was a Tawny frog mouthed owl, The staunch little bugger wouldn't budge I had to give him/her a couple of gentle prods to get him to fly to another tree.

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Cool pic their, have you decided what your gonna do with it

mdvaden

Probably take him to this wild animal refuge...

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It's about 45 to 60 minutes away, close to Grants Pass, the small city to our north.

I tried looking for eyes reflecting the flashlight last night in case others were up there out of a nest. And I looked with binoculars this morning, but couldn't find any hollows, nor any nests in mistletoe which is supposed to be another nesting area.

The refuge opens at 9am, which is less than 10 minutes from now as I type. So I should get a call back soon, from last nights message on their machine.

Roller

Nice find, sure hope he survives!

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mdvaden

Seemed to be doing fine this morning, and when we delivered him to Wildlife Images: the place I posted the link for.

They said that it is an adult western screech owl. And that they are known to get so focused on what they are doing sometimes like hunting, that they smack into stuff.

We took a tour and looked at the bears, cougars, badgers, eagles, falcons, owls, wolves, bobcats, foxes, etc., while we were there.

Eric Frei

Well, aren't you the lucky man, free guided tour and got a new pet. Good on you, small adult owls.

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Tim Craig

That is one cute wee owl, its head is all out of proportion to its body! Massive eyes! Suppose it needs them to see in the dark.

Great photo vader.

rangitata

Treestyle,

Have you had a look up in the Jollys Lookout area, there is resident pair that are often seen in that area. Also the bush area along Cedar Creek, Samsonvale.

Mike

bigshea13

my friends father is a logger and he brought home two juvies that hefound after timco took out their tree. they fed them raw meat and let em fly around the garage. they got scared one day and flew to the top of a large popalar. they stayed there for two days before i got up there...wrapped em in a pillow cover and brought em down. the DEC found out and they had to give em up. 6 months later they had a large owl that hung around the yard. im not sure but it may have been one of the young ones that were taken away.

newguy18

so mario how big is the owl now?

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polly

I know galahs and larger parrots find their mate for life in the first two years , I wonder if it's the same for all large birds and owls and how long they stay with their parents for.

that's funny that they concentrate so hard on something they sometimes smack into things ( I've met someone who used to do that walking down the street )



Polly

mdvaden

Not sure - I'd expect that it's fine.

They don't really call people back. They just care for them and take them back out for release.

Odds are, that it was released within a mile of where we live and found it. That tends to be their policy.

There is another animal care place that just opened in our valley lately - even closer.

I'm not sure if it's for wild animals, or for horses and lambs, etc..

TreeDimensional

Mario, I bet it was a hoot touring the shelter, are they private or publicly funded? I bet you felt all warm and fuzzy helping the little owl out. I have never had the opportunity to visit a wildlife rehab center, but I believe its one way us two-leggers can give something back to mother nature. I have been to the SPCA, and always have a feeling of dread, not being able to give ALL the critters a new home.

Polly, I here you about the distracted female shopper, the only thing worse is a tunnel-visioned woman at a clearance sale. My Mom was a city girl, and you know what they say about them, "you can take the girl out of the city, but you CAN'T take the city out of the girl".

mdvaden

From what I understand, they are funded from donations from various people and visitors. Not anything from government that I know of.

They don't charge admission, but they have donation boxes, and a gift shop too. Some people will mail donations as well.

newguy18

sounds like most shelters.

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penfold

Here in sunny yorkshire we have quite a large population of red kites which are now making a come back thanks to the release project that they have at a stately home near me. They are quite a sight to see when youre up a tree and theyre just gliding around watching for anything to eat.

Bruce Hopf

I wouldn't put him in a Cage. I'd put him in a Barn, for now, if you have one, and try and Trap a few mice for it, and see what happens.
Here is a couple of Pictures of a Screech Owl, that hangs around my Wood Shed, in the Summer. There where 5 in there, when I started filling one Section of it with Fire Wood. The left after a few Days after we were putting the fire Wood in the Shed. Bruce.

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pcarborist

That's not a baby owl but rather an adult or juvenile flammulated owl (Otus flammeolus. In Northern Utah they're a listed a "Sensitive" species by the USFWS and USFS.

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parkcityarborist

Done it

Oh no, could mdvaden be wrong.

I've got a Powerful Owl visiting at the moment, been here about 2 weeks.

Likes to sit outside my window about 2-3 am.

Done it

Didn't think I could do this. [this is him]
http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/imag...ox-strenua.mp3

Therrin

Actually, before he got banned, Vader had corrected himself and posted that it was an adult owl.

AND, for those of you who didnt read the whole thread, he gave it to the wildlife refuge and they released it, he isnt *keeping* it in a cage.

Dont you guys read the threads all the way through? Geez....

Garry Brockley

I thought flamulated owls had ear tufts! that looks like our tawny owl it's not but it sure looks like one

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pcarborist

Galbee, you might be thinking of a screech owl. I'm not familiar with a tawny owl (spp?).

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parkcityarborist

Done it

I don't bother to read posts by mdvaden anywhere.

Looks a bit like a Tawny Owl,



but who cares this is the one keeping me awake.



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