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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.

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Link doesn't seem to work for me. Says yew tube. 🤔

The actual video number is good though and takes me to the proper video. That is a classic.

I'll have to check if Zefrank has an owl video. He does videos of animals in a similar fashion.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Its an Invidious instance, so it’s just a front-end to YT, but the videos should all be the same #, yeah

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Ah, thank you. Turns out it's my work wifi blocking Invidious. I hadn't heard of that so it just looked like a strange spelling error.

The more you know! 😁