The Screech Owl Companion

Screech Owl Was a Terrible Patient

 

Came across this fascinating screech owl rehab article, which begins:

"With the summer season in full swing, the various wildlife of Massachusetts is more active than ever. And as a result, so are the various organizations and centers thatdeal in wildlife rescue. For those operations, the vast majority of ‘patients' are the orphaned wildlife that come from the breeding seasons. 

"And while dealing with orphans is never a good or fun thing, at the very least the cuteness of those ‘patients' can not be denied. However, recently a local wildlife center had to deal with a patient that was not a model patient."

 

Guess who?

You can read it here:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/injured-screech-owl-was-a-bad-patient-for-local-wildlife-rescue/ar-BB1owT8L

An Injured Screech’s Miraculous Recovery

                                             Cape Wildlife Center photo

Just saw this story about an injured screech owl the web and wanted to share:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/injured-screech-owl-was-a-bad-patient-for-local-wildlife-rescue/ar-BB1owT8L

An Amazing Owl Box

Nic Korte, an excellent owler out West who was so helpful for The Screech Owl Companion, writes:

Non-native Fox Squirrels have recently arrived in one area and have taken over all the boxes. Fox Squirrels are a total novelty to WESOs [Western Screech Owls] and we were chagrined to find them. 

 

We replaced the boxes in this one area this spring with the box design shown in the photo. We probably replaced them too late this year for WESOs to use.

 

Of course, that is not a Screech Owl in the photo, but a Ferruginous Pygmy Owl. Friends of mine in Costa Rica have found this design effective. 

 

Thanks, Nic!