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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.

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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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Carolina Raptor Center Reaches Patient #27,000! (lemmy.world)

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From Carolina Raptor Center

Meet a very special bird - our 27,000th patient in our Raptor Hospital!

Patient #27000 is a baby Barred Owl that lost its nest during a wind storm. This baby is currently rooming with another young Barred Owl in our care, and we are hoping that we can renest both soon!

I've visited CRC and it's a great place!

If you're wondering why they are sporting some colored hairdos, that is a dye marker so the care team knows who's who.

If there's more than one animal kept together, this makes identifying them easy so their specific feeding and care instructions can be followed.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey Kids! https://carolinaraptorcenter.org/ "Breakfast with the Birds" sounds pretty cool!

Or, y'know, you can thank them for 27,000 patients with some cash - clams, or bones, or whatever you call them.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Those poor birds can't eat a thing off that table! 🤨

Looks like they have some free admission Mothers/Fathers Day events too.

Too bad their store isn't online, they have a cool logo for merch.

I stopped by on my way to Gatlinburg and it was well worth it.