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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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From Alan Murphy
While photographing a Western Screech-Owl carrying food to its young, I was fortunate to capture the northern lights looks at night. South Eastern Arizona, 30 miles from the Mexican border.
Aurora Borealis?
At this time of year?
At this time of day?
In this part of the country?
Localized entirely around your owl?
"anon6789, the owl is on fire!"
"No, mother, it's just the Northern Lights."
🎶 This owlll is on FYAAAAAAA
Woah thats deep in the south for aurora borealis. Such a rare shot!
I thought so myself. I didn't pay much attention to where it was supposed to be since it was cloudy and rainy the whole time where I'm at.
I did go back to the post and read the comments, and some people did mention a few opinions as to this photo's authenticity and potential ethical issues. I debated bringing them up here, but I think I have another article where for later that it may be relevant to, so I think I'll save it for that and let people enjoy this now.
The pair of downvotes this had gotten already leads me to believe some of you have likely the same criticisms in the Facebook comments. I'd rather people politely point out to us non-photogtaphers how to spot these things instead of just clicking the down arrow, but we'll work with what we have.
For now, I'll say this photo is based on a true story! 😜
It looks like (s)he's got something to eat!!
It's a moth! Mmmmm...
Not sure as to the male/female. The males do all the hunting during the nesting period, but they also cache extra food and the female will step out quick to get that as needed.