owl in box
While driving to work last week we found a large, great horned owl on the side of the freeway next to a tall concrete wall. He could fly, but not very well (he looked like he may have gotten clipped by a car).
We caught him in mid-flight before it got out in traffic and I somehow managed to not get bitten or ripped open by his claws.
We were on the way to work so we had to bring him with us.
He was pretty mad so it was really tricky to photograph him. I had to hold him with one hand in my lap and work the camera with the other hand.
One of the homeowners we met with that day gave us a box, so that made things quite a bit easier.
We dropped him off at a state park and an animal rescue organization sent a team to come pick him up (I'm not sure if they knew he was already in a box).
Update: While in a totally different city working the other day, Frank got into a conversation with a homeowner who pointed out the spot where a hawk crashed into his window, so Frank mentioned the owl we dropped off at the park.
Strangely, it turned out this homeowner was a volunteer who just happened to be working at the park the day we brought the owl.
Without realizing it, we had even seen him from a distance working on a park project at a back section of the park after hiking 6 miles through the canyons the day we dropped off the owl.
Anyway, circumstantial craziness aside, he informed us the owl was doing good and was almost ready for release.
We caught him in mid-flight before it got out in traffic and I somehow managed to not get bitten or ripped open by his claws.
We were on the way to work so we had to bring him with us.
He was pretty mad so it was really tricky to photograph him. I had to hold him with one hand in my lap and work the camera with the other hand.
One of the homeowners we met with that day gave us a box, so that made things quite a bit easier.
We dropped him off at a state park and an animal rescue organization sent a team to come pick him up (I'm not sure if they knew he was already in a box).
Update: While in a totally different city working the other day, Frank got into a conversation with a homeowner who pointed out the spot where a hawk crashed into his window, so Frank mentioned the owl we dropped off at the park.
Strangely, it turned out this homeowner was a volunteer who just happened to be working at the park the day we brought the owl.
Without realizing it, we had even seen him from a distance working on a park project at a back section of the park after hiking 6 miles through the canyons the day we dropped off the owl.
Anyway, circumstantial craziness aside, he informed us the owl was doing good and was almost ready for release.