From Raven Ridge Wildlife Center
We now nave two baby owis. we received a call from Doris about a baby owl found on the ground, and she sent photos to confirm its identity. Some trees had been cut down, and the owlet was alone, with no siblings or parents in sight. The owl sat on the ground for three davs and needed assistance. When we rescued the owlet, it was dehydrated and had brush stuck in its feathers, which were quite messy.
The owlet is now in the care of Pharaoh and is doing much better. It is more responsive since being placed with an adult owl and another baby. This time of year is typical for finding baby great-horned owls on the ground.
Currently, this little owl is still considered a nestling and is not ready to fledge. After leaving the nest at around five weeks old, fledglings begin to explore nearby branches and usually learn to fly by about nine to ten weeks of age. They stay close to their parents for several months to learn hunting skills.
At approximately one month old, this owlet cannot survive independently and hasn’t developed the ability to climb back into the trees. Great-horned owls typically spend about five weeks in the nest before venturing out into the surrounding branches. During weeks nine and ten, they start to learn to fly. As they become more mobile, fledgling owls engage in short flights, often spend time on the ground, and can climb back to safety.
Even once they are fully capable of flight, owlets must learn how to hunt. They remain with their parents for several months, receiving care and guidance before they are ready to live independently in the wild.
Good foster parent! That expression says it all: Leave them kids alone or I’ll claw your eyes out!"
It feels a bit unique that the male is just as excited for the babies as the mother. I didn’t expect that originally when I was learning about their parental responsibilities.
Reading how the potential fosters perk up and get overwhelmingly excited when they hear babies arrive was very heartwarming to me.
Some birds are just meant to be (foster)parents.
OT: I have an older budgie that is very caring towards his flock mates. He even started feeding one of my cockatiels that was young at the time and still made baby noises.
Aww now I wonder if their dino ancestors were really just a bunch of sweethearts too! 😇
Ma! He’s back! Call da fucking cops!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8i2WPxXxS4&pp=ygUPd2lsZnJlZCB3YXJyaW9y
Lol that is one weird looking cat. 😮
Very cool, but the text is also very redundant. Maybe some sort of ai summary thrown in the mix
It’s a post from the rehab itself. I usually don’t change them much. Sometimes I fix some spelling for them or add paragraphs if it’s long and hard to read as one block of text. If anything, I will add context to head off questions you guys might have.
Just saying “Nestlings, owls still covered only in down instead of adult plumage, cannot survive on their own. Being unable to locate this owl’s parents, it was taken to RRWC and placed with a foster father and another baby owl in their care.” covers it, but I feel there is interesting bits of info in the extra bits in the original.
I appreciate the feedback though. I’m always curious what different people’s takes are.
Fair enough, i didn’t want to slight you or their work 🙂
I just felt the last two paragraphs are mostly rephrasing and repeating the first ones.
Nah, no offense taken. There are a plenty of times I run across a great photo set where you can tell they’re much better at the pics than the text! Sometimes it can be a bit charming, other times confusing, but I see it as a package deal, getting to know the original poster through their photos and their words. I don’t want to change it too much and risk losing what they originally wanted to express.
I tend to get rambly myself, so I try not to judge. 😁