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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.
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From the Owl Rescue Centre
Since last Monday we've rescued seven Southern White -faced Owls, ironically everyone of them was hit by a car(not the same car) and everyone of them looks like they went a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson.
But these little characters are the Honey Badgers of the owl world, they're as tough as they come. Usually they just bounce off of cars and you'll seldom see a dead one on the road.
A couple of weeks in rehab for this little fella and then back home he goes.
Good example of their independent pupil dilation. You can see the eye in the sunbeam is less dilated.
Many comments of the original post took this as a sign of an injury, but this is actually a positive sign that all is likely working as it should. Since owl eyes are so large (the part inside their head is even bigger than how it looks from the outside!) they tend to get injured in an impact.
Thanks for clearing that up, as with humans it is a symptom of brain injury
Of course. I knew that would be one of the first things everyone noticed, and it's a good opportunity to point out that feature of their anatomy.
Man . . . I was all set to fret and fuss . . . And now I’m thinking “wait, why don’t people have independent pupil dialation?”
Well it was hit by a car, so you can still worry a little bit. 🫨
Done. Get Well, Li’l Evander!
No reports of any ear bites! 😆
Those eyes are definitely the defining feature for this photo. Looks fascinating and hope it recovers well.
See, now I saw a confident guy, kicked back in a smug pose, giving us the eye, somewhat like this stock image: