A few moments of extra special this week: an owlet appeared in the driveway out of the blue. This Barred Owl is familiar in this area - we hear the adults calling often and the neighborhood's abundance of large trees in woodland areas is perfect for them.
We spent several hours observing it. It changed its location once so it seems as if it wasn't hurt. A thunderstorm came through while it was next to a bench so my husband rigged up an umbrella. After the rain, it got active again and ran through the puddles to another area. About that time, one of the parents appeared in a tall pine overlooking the driveway and we took that as a hopeful sign.
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| Barred owl in location #2 by the bench |
Later in the day, I tried to guide it with a stick back to the woods and it fell down, revealing a bloody wound under the wing. It was too late to take him to a care facility so we put it in a box with a mesh top for overnight safety but he didn't live through the night. This was quite the sad #momentinnature for June.
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