Cross-posted here, 'cause it's a cool story.
Ursulav posted a story about an owl, and this was my story in response. It's one of my cool stories, so I'm going to inflict it on you guys here :)
Once upon a time, an old boyfriend and I spotted a Great Horned Owl on the side of the road, standing there in the late afternoon sun, blinking. It would get splashed by cars (it having just rained), and back up... only to return to the side of the road.
We called around for some wildlife rescue folks, and then got to help play distraction service so they could catch the bird in a snare, wrap him in a towel, and put him in a carrier.
Turns out he broke a wing, and was dazed and confused. Would have died, but for the intervention - and insistence - of him, he was released back into the wild a couple of months later. Yay!
Those were some seriously wicked claws. Seriously. But it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen, to be that close to 'im.
Once upon a time, an old boyfriend and I spotted a Great Horned Owl on the side of the road, standing there in the late afternoon sun, blinking. It would get splashed by cars (it having just rained), and back up... only to return to the side of the road.
We called around for some wildlife rescue folks, and then got to help play distraction service so they could catch the bird in a snare, wrap him in a towel, and put him in a carrier.
Turns out he broke a wing, and was dazed and confused. Would have died, but for the intervention - and insistence - of him, he was released back into the wild a couple of months later. Yay!
Those were some seriously wicked claws. Seriously. But it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen, to be that close to 'im.