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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 Zuhairi Avian
Simply breathtaking. The beauty and intensity of the Dusky Eagle-Owl. There's a quiet power in this upward glance.
Malaysia, Tanjung Karang | May 2025 | Nikon D500 | Nikkor AF-S 600mm | Editing LR | DoP 250525
The ear tufts remind me of a kitty cat!
The more photos I've been getting of these, the more house cat I'm seeing in the face. Just look at this dapper little kitty!
Iove it! :)
It's just so uncanny, isn't it?! 😮😀
The eyes do it for me.
The overall proportions are perfect for a house kitty. The shape of the head and the size and location of the eyes and ears. Switch the beak out for a nose, elongate the risk bristles, and whammo! Instant tabby.
<3
I would be mandated to adopt this cat were it to cross my path!
Hah! I hope the kitten fairy stays away from me for a bit. She's sleeping peacefully on my chest now, after terrorizing Senior and me until daylight. My hands, fingers and legs look like plowed fields. She's being stubborn about learning gently playing, making me wonder how many generations of stray is in this little fluffbomb! By the by, she's grown from a few oz to almost 3 lbs. I ~~worked~~ wormed her, thinking it would slow her down a bit. Not a chance! On the plus side, it didn't cause intestinal distress, so that's a plus.
How are you doing? Is your wedding this year?
Loving cats can be rough, literally! 😁
We're getting married this November. I just booked our plane tickets for the honeymoon!
I want to rent a convertible and go around looking for Burrowing Owls!
I'm so excited for you both! I think both the convertible and owl hunting seems fun (and hopefully the missus will find it entertaining)! I hope you will post pictures of any you discover!
I love it!!
Owls are cat software installed on bird hardware
call it a meowl
Deagle Meowl
That owl would eat a kitty for sure.
Owls aren't even above chowing on other owls, should the opportunity arise! If it's meaty, it's good enough for them! Watch out, kitty!
What? Where? Who?
Every time I come in to reply to someone, it makes me want to know what it's looking at even more!
What are you doing out during sunlight hours, Mr Owl? Go hide until such time as you can hunt nighttime animals or until somebody needs to know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop.
Orange eyed owls tend to be able to do pretty well during the day, especially if it's cloudier.
TIL.
I don't think it's the hard and fast rule the Internet seems to repeat where yellow=diurnal(day), orange=crepuscular(dawn/dusk), and dark=nocturnal. The owls do what they want, and if you search which owls are nocturnal vs crepuscular or whatever, you'll see people give different answers.
Great Horned Owls have yellow eyes, but you'll see people debate if they're nocturnal or crepuscular. Barred Owls have dark eyes, and again you'll find people debating if they're nocturnal or crepuscular.
There are plenty that do fit the formula though. But it's not a rule. Just like lots of owls have asymmetrical ears to enhance their triangulation, but not all do. They're all a unique combo and they'll ultimately hunt when they have the best success in their particular environment.
Another Dusky, nice!
I've been getting a lot of them and I've been trying to space them out, but I love them so much. I want them to become a thing like we've sorta done with the fish owls.
I'm all for it
Lightly, nightly...raptor?
Sorry, Blondie!
I like it! 😂