For owls that are superb.
US Wild Animal Rescue Database: Animal Help Now
International Wildlife Rescues: RescueShelter.com
Australia Rescue Help: WIRES
Germany-Austria-Switzerland-Italy Wild Bird Rescue: wildvogelhilfe.org
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 Derrick Deihl
May 2019
A family of Great Horned Owls made a nest site in a old brick building, That brick building was the old Lithia Brewing Company in downtown West Bend, WI.
The birds made home to a old air vent and had 3 owlets that year. The building is now tore down, The birds have moved on. I was lucky enough to watch them grow up from small white fuzz balls to flying out into the new world.
Doesn't look abandoned to me.
If they nest there a few more year, I think they can file for the deed and take legal ownership!
If they get the brewing operation set up and running again, then I will be completely impressed.
Find a bear to sublet to. Call it the owlbear brewery. Rake in the nerd money.
Natural 20 Lager
I think we're on to something here, people!
Now it's a WHOery
Good one!
Anyone looking to meet some raptors in person should check their local ~~brewery's~~ whoery's events page. Once it gets to spring/summer, so many rescues will have Hoo 'n Brew raptor events at them where you can see some neat birds of prey up close.
Drunken Raptors sounds like an awful-but-amazing take of Jurassic Park!
Worst. Soccer Team. Evar.
Not sure if that's exactly how that works. Bring a sacrificial hat just in case to guard your scalp.
Middle owl: "coffee please."
I got this stuff when I went to the Smoky Mountains. Seems it could do the job here!
Literally laughed aloud! What a treasure, today.
Glad to add some laughs to your day!
I recall it seemed very serviceable for grocery store coffee. The bags all have different wide eyed animals like a squirrel, hippo, donkey, and pufferfish.
America needs more fun packaging. I'm always jealous when I go to the Asian mega market and all the packages look so happy!