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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 canβt 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 itβs safe. If itβs injured, follow the above advice.
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From Guy Lacroix
I had been photographing this Northern Hawk Owl hunting rodents in a field. He suddenly flew to the top of a spruce tree and hid amongst its cones. Soon after, a Red-tailed Hawk flew over us. That's when I realized that the Northern Hawk Owl had recognized this Red- tailed Hawk as a predator and had sought refuge. It worked. The Red-tailed Hawk never saw him and just flew on by.
Northern Hawk Owl / Surnia ulula
Greater Ottawa area
Those are actually spruce cones! Not sure what species precisely, as I deal more in the Central Europe area, but that's most certainly a spruce cone. Pine cones have very characteristics plates covering each cone scale.
edit: i just realised the post body mentions this is a spruce tree. oh well!
Huh, we always just called them all pine trees. Thanks for getting me to look up the difference! I'll have to pay more attention next time I come across one.
For anyone else that may not be aware:
From Fine Gardening
There looks to be much more differences between cones, so I'll save that for another day! π