For owls that are superb.
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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.
For more detailed help, see the OwlPages Rescue page.
From Sandip Bandyopadhyay
Brown Hawk Owl
Shyamkhola, South 24 Pgs, West Bengal
Camera:Nikon Z8,Lens:Nikkor Z600 f6.3 PF F:6.3,S:1/640 sec, ISO:2000,FL:600 mm
26/5/25
Here's a random photo of one where it comes across a bit more dignified for comparison.
I don't remember seeing a brown hawk owl before. Love the shoes!
It is another Ninox genus owl, like our beloved Nelly, the Barking Owl.
You may catch a bit of the resemblance if you look closely.
It's got a lot of names since it's found from India/Pakistan down through Indonesia, so it's also the Brown Boobook and I'm sure dozens of other things. Ninox scutulata is the formal name for it.
The following is from Owling.com and gives some more names for it, a slightly different range of habitat, and says that 2 have supposedly been seen in the Aleutians. One never knows where an owl will turn up unexpectedly!
Brown Hawk Owl or Northern Boobook has only one recorded live occurrence in North America. This was on St Paul Island, Alaska on the 27th of August in 2007. Another record of a deceased bird from Kiska Island was found on the 1st of August in 2008. Brown Hawk Owl is typically found in Southern Asia. Northern Boobook is a subspecies of the Brown Hawk Owl. These two owls are so extremely similar that they have never been formally divided into separate species. They are also visually indistinguishable in the field. Because the Northern Boobook is such a long-distance migrant that breeds in Japan, China and SE Russia it is the owl listed by the AOS (American Ornithological Society – formerly AOU) and thought to have been the owl that occurred in North America. We cover this species here because… it’s possible.
Ohhhh the Boobook! Sure sure. Well, they’re canon, aren’t they.
Anything with Boobook in the name is going to be a fun and quirky owl!
I see _who_ordered the espresso
Too Much Coffee Owl.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug!
I imagine, statistically speaking, there have to be owls that aren't "night owls," so they have to have some kind of pick-me-up to get moving. 😜
Someone needs less coffee
Maybe. You can never tell with these nerds.