Horizon Wings finally got a barn owl :D Barn owls are super rare (more rare than double rainbows) in Connecticut, so it was highly unlikely for us to have one as a program bird. HOWEVER, a raptor rehab place in South Dakota unfortunately had to close its doors...meaning all their birds needed to find homes.
A few weeks later, their female barn
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And also region can effect overall color. Silo is from South Dakota, so it's very possible that owls from that region may be darker than the ones in western NY. I hope we get more barn owls in Connecticut. Sadly, like the kestrels, they like open fields and cavities like dead trees and old, crumbling barns...which is the exact habitat that is disappearing in the state.
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It's amazing how animals can be so expressive :D
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Ooo... Can't wait to see the peregrine! Does the centre have any bigger raptors?
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And omg your avatar is one of my favorite animated gifs ever. Bombird makes such awesome avatars.
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But...MOAR JULIAN!! ;)
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The poor osprey still isn't doing too good :( He came to us with a nasty bout of pneumonia and he's still breathing funny. Add in the fact that ospreys are one of the hardest raptors to keep in captivity, even temporarily, and he's just a miserable ball of fishy smelling feathers.
And I prooomise next time I take pictures I will make sure to get some of Julian. I was going to take some of him today but we had about 3 birds out so he had to stay inside. We played 'hammer the stick' though! Or rather he did, and I watched. The game goes like this:
I give Julian a stick through the bars. He yanks it through, and proceeds to snap it into a million pieces and/or hammer it to sawdust. Then he tries to poke it back through the bars and my goal is to see if he's going to let me 'have' the stick or not. 99% of the time the answer is 'no.' :3
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