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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.
For more detailed help, see the OwlPages Rescue page.
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Fishing owls are unique for being the least owl-like owls. Not really much facial disc, they don't have fringed feathers, and more visually oriented than auditory, as they don't need any of that to catch fish. The fish owls don't seem to have gone as far away from the classic owl traits, as they have a wider diet and still hunt things that can hear them.
Fishing owls are pretty poorly studied from what I can find, so there is still a bunch we don't know about them.
I need to do more Wikipedia diving in other countries. It blew my mind when I saw the articles were all different and not just translated to all the other languages. I know I saw much more on European owls from scrolling in some European languages.
Yet for animals, you will find similar content but try to look a bit at famous people! This one is famous in this country but not in this one. This one is internationally famous for there movie career but was first famous in there home country for there music. This one is a renowned poet founder of a genre but completely anonymous in an other country with a very related poetry genre. It is so fun to compare informations on different language pages and to gather them (^_^)
Wikipedia isn't without its flaws, but it is a tremendously unique resource!