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From World Bird Sanctuary

Some birds are very cooperative for their annual exams. Uxmal, the spectacled owl, has most of her exam done voluntarily. Certain parts of the exam still require restraint for the safety of the bird and staff, such as blood draws, but we can mitigate a lot of stress by having the bird willingly participate in their exams. Husbandry training can be important in getting voluntary weights, feet and body checks, nail trims, and delivery of medications.

From International Owl Center

JR the Eastern Screech-Owl has lost virtually all of his head feathers at once, as often happens for his species. It allows you to see all the new feathers growing in, and you can look into his ear holes and see the dark thing inside, which is the side of his eyeball.

He is very itchy right now, so as a human imprint he wants us to scratch his head a lot (he would normally do this with his mate). His bill was also in serious need of trimming, so we just snipped the tip off and bit by bit, during the head rubs, we were able to file the sides of the tip (the photos were before the filing was finished.)

From Tony Wong

Having survived a tumultuous start to life, requiring multiple rescues by ACRES, the tough little owlet is finally strong enough to withstand the recent bout of poor weather.

Spotted Wood Owlet Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Singapore Jul 2025

Dark branch in left of frame was edited out, it did not pass in front nor behind the owl.

From Jean Bonillla Portuguez

Another pretty uncommon owl for you to enjoy!

This owl only lives in very specific areas in Costa Rica through northernmost Columbia.

From Pablo Moreira

This juvenile Short-eared Owlet was doing the tilting head. Try not to tilt your cell.... 😆

Owls have Fixed Eyes and this head-bobbing and swaying motion is called motion parallax and helps them pinpoint the location of prey and other objects accurately.

Southern Alberta Prairies. July 29th, 2025.

From Izzy Edwards

Some people mentioned that this trio resembles Mount Rushmore and now I can't unsee it! Barred Owlet siblings in the nest.

From Kevin Thurk

Mom!!! I'm Hungry!

Looks like an impatient young Great Horn.

From Domingo Pestana Galvan

Three beautiful little owl chicks (Athene noctua), just a few days away from flying, seem to show their affection for each other.

Sebúlcor (Segovia, Spain), June 2023

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/29910761

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From Gid Ferrer

Philippine Eagle Owl

Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center

02/2025

The Philippine Eagle-owl is a vulnerable species of owl belonging to the family Strigidae. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is found in lowland forests on the islands of Catanduanes, Samar, Bohol, Mindanao, Luzon, Leyte and possibly Sibuyan.

Thank you for this wonderful pose and opportunity to photograph you. We all appreciate you!

From Owl Rescue Centre

Oct 18, 2023

Two young Southern white-faced owls that we thought deserved a better life than been kept in this ugly cage. Rescued, fed, happy and will be ready for release within a few weeks on our Sanctuary.

What's quite interesting about these guys is during the winter months they have the ability to raise their resting metabolic rate by up to 45% to deal with the cold. They can also lower it substantially when prey is scarce.

Clever buggers 😉

From MN Owl Tours

Perfect camo

This is one of those nests that most people would walk right by and never notice. The owls just blend in so well.

Great Horned Owlet

From Sukhdev Singh

Close-up of a female Long-eared owl. Taken at an undisclosed location. Sony A1, Sony 300 f2.8 lens with 1.4tc 08/07/25

By Cheryl Baker

From Rob Palmer

Prairie Dog and Burrowing Owl

From Summer Beeler

The day this little Great Horned Owlet left the comfort of his nest must have been terrifying for him!! He flattened his little body out into a pancake and held on to the tree branch for dear life, every once in a while he would peer over the side of the branch and down at the world below!!

He has since gained the confidence of a strong owl and has become a fierce hunter, almost ready to live on his own!!

From Hawaii Wildlife Center

Pueo (Hawaiian Short-eared Owl) intensity level 11/10.

The Pueo is Hawaii's only native owl. They also have Barn Owls that were brought in to try and control rodents.

August 4th !

Take time to enjoy this wonderful creature.

From Ali Cabang

Western Screech Owl Kelowna, British Columbia

The Eastern Screech is very neat and dear to me, but the Western ones have a bold, beautiful look to them.

Superb owls so it fits the comm description! By @natachachoraart

The Screech's nest box door was open for some reason, so I peeped inside. I'm glad it looks to be doing well, but it seemed bothered to have someone calling during nap time, even if it was just me bring it room service. No tip for me today... 🤨

My last Red Tail patient was not happy it had to move so I could scrub down its enclosure. It tried intimidating me like this in the back end, and this photo is it blocking my way out. I'm trying to leave you alone, but you're where I need to be! It's good these guys don't get comment cards to show us how they feel about our service!

I love my angry birds though! ❤️