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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.

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Turkeys sleep up in the trees, so the owl ate the turkey for stealing his spot to sleep.

Sorry, I forget some if you may not have never seen a turkey! They're so common I forget they're North American only. 🦃

The big one is the male.

Attempts to introduce the wild turkey to Britain as a game bird in the 18th century were not successful.[56] George II is said to have had a flock of a few thousand in Richmond Park near London, but they were too easy for local poachers to destroy, and the fights with poachers became too dangerous for the gamekeepers. They were hunted with dogs and then shot out of trees where they took refuge. Several other populations, introduced or escaped, have survived for periods elsewhere in Britain and Ireland, but seem to have died out, perhaps from a combination of lack of winter feed and poaching.[57] Small populations, probably descended from farm as well as wild stock, in the Czech Republic and Germany have been more successful, and there are wild populations of some size following introductions in Hawaii and New Zealand.

Per Wikipedia for Wild Turkey

Per two large studies, the average weight of adult males is 7.6 kg (17 lb) and the average weight of adult females is 4.26 kg (9.4 lb).

Per a Wikipedia for GHO

Mean body weight is 1,608 g (3.545 lb) for females and 1,224 g (2.698 lb) for males.[23][24] Depending on subspecies, maximum weight can reach 2,503 g (5.518 lb).

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've saw turkey but they are not the most commun type of poultry. Also in my mind, poultry nest low, like chicken or duck. TIL

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

I always forget turkey and grouse roost in trees too. I typically see then grazing for food. It's a big surprise when you come upon one in the woods and it scares the hell out of you.