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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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Very mildly interesting fact, some owls in English are not owls in French, mostly because of physical differences.
Owls in French are hiboux but only if they have the little pointy ears on their heads. Otherwise they are chouettes.
For example the barred owl in English is the chouette rayée in French.
Usually it's reverse, with English making a difference between turtle and tortoise while it's all tortues in French. Or between apes and monkeys while in French they are all singes. But for this one, apparently the little tufts on their heads make them owls, or not, in French.
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