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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.

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From Owl Rescue Centre

We have eight different species of African owls living on the sanctuary. The Southern white-faced owls are our 3rd most common species.

Most common are in order: Barn owls, Spotted Eagle owls, White-faced owls, Marsh owls, Pearl Spotted owls, African scops owls, Verreaux's eagle-owls and lastly African Grass owls.

We also have one solitary African wood owl which theoretically makes him the 9th species. He was accidentally released a couple of years ago when we had that huge fire, but If we're ever able to catch him, we'll relocate him back to his indigenous area. 😉

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[–] Wahots@pawb.social 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They have cute faces :)

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sometimes they do!

The regular face is the cutest.

But you've also got the panicky Zoidberg:

Or the creepy vampire:

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I love all of them :)

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

They are pretty cute in any shape or form! I was hoping to see one this month when I was at the Brooklyn Zoo, but it's no longer there. I hear the Bronx Zoo has one, but I didn't have time to head up there on that trip.

It's my next owl goal to see one though!

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Training to win the SuperbOwl I see!

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

It's going to be a favorite competitor for many!

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

[–] sxan@midwest.social 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I wonder if we should start differentiating between the Northern and Southern WFSes. They're different species (Ptilopsis leucotis & Otus leucotis), and have two very distinctly different calls (Northern, Southern).

What... what am I saying? What has this community turned me into??

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You keep trying to make me work! 🫨 /jk

I admire your growing bird nerdery! For some I could probably figure out more specific names for, but a lot of them I just am not always good enough to tell the difference if I don't have more specifics like where they are, and even then, some ranges will overlap or I just don't see them enough to feel confident calling which it is. Even things like the Greater and Lesser Sooty Owls are much more significantly different than the WFS and depending on the pose and lighting, I don't feel confident picking which it is. And with the very recent differentiation of Barn Owl species, even the ornithologists don't always agree!

I try to give as many specifics as I can, but I worry about screwing up little things like this that might make me seem less accurate about other things, so I tend to play it safe. I'm not an expert, and I am not ready to pretend to be one, even if I might be the owliest Lemming.

If these specifics are important to you, I'd love to see you do a post sometime about them. Anything one of you learns is going to involve a different process than what I'd do, so you'd very likely be able to teach me stuff. I love the video on the foot anatomy of various raptors that FuglyDuck shared yesterday, for example. That was a great contribution that I wouldn't have thought to find.

Participating here is what lead me to get really passionate about it and to finally volunteer at the rescue instead of telling myself I didn't have time and it would be a hassle. I have had one other person tell me they've volunteered at a place near them that they never even knew existed before I posted about it and they had a wonderful time there, and I'd love to see more of you get involved somehow.

You can always ask me things, but I'd equally love to see what you guys can find as well!

[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh! Sorry, I meant only if the information was handy. I don't know whether you shorten the name in the cause of title brevity.

TBH, I've only gotten nerdy about the WFS. I've become quite partial to the species. I could certainly start posting pictures I find, but I'm always concerned about duplication: my memory for whether I've seen an image before, and whether it was in the community or not, is poor. I suppose I could have made the comment about N v S WFS a post... ah well. Next time.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh, I wasn't bothered or anything, just joking with you.

I will typically include any info I do get, plus I'll throw in any context I feel might be necessary. I've never given you guys any less of anything. Sometimes I'll blur a face or remove a paragraph about donations, but that is all.

I don't know if I've taken the time to listen to much WFS sounds. If you find sound or video clips to share that highlight the differences, that would be neat to see, or if there's some differences in feathering or something else.

The only sound I found recently though was very cute! I checked the votes, as I shared it as a reply to someone else and it looked like you may not have seen it, so here it is!

[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

If you find sound or video clips to share that highlight the differences,

I did! In my response are three links: the first is to an article describing the differences, with pictures (TBH I found it difficult to see three visual differences, but they're described); the second two contain audio clips of the calls of each of the two WFS. They're very distinctively different, for how much alike they look.

That site (ebird.org) is a great resource, by the way; it's a standard format for each bird, with descriptions and audio clips, like a ornithology dictionary.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My mistake, I didn't scroll far enough. I was distracted by the photos.

You are correct, there is no mistaking the one can from the other! The Southern's bubbling call was my favorite.

I stared at more pictures and still can't tell them apart. One may be darker, but with every pic having different lighting, I feel that's not the best thing to go by. I thought the Northern had more white on the belly, but then other pics seem to have a stripped belly.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago

I agree, the Southern's is mine, too, probably because it's so distinctive. I fancy that I like the look of the Southern just a touch more; not that I can distinguish them unless they're side-by-side. But that call! It's so interesting they're so similar looking but so distinctively sounding!

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I feel like remodeling my place to get this one!

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It looks like it would difficult to keep the blades balanced so it doesn't get all noisy and wobbly. 😜

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The solution is obvious: adding a third owl on the empty blade.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I believe you're on to something... 🤔

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Should we open an interior design company?

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Hiboux Home Designs

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Me, reading the title of the post:

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

I'm assuming you are Ernie in this case, naturally... 😉