Now and then...

Posted on Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 10:33 PM - Post Comment

This is my favorite kind of Blog entry - a 'then and now' entry!  This baby Great-Horned Owl came in on May 5th.  I was there the day he came in and he was in such bad shape after having fallen from his nest, I was afraid he wouldn't make it.  Great-Horned Owls build their nests high in the trees, so you know this little guy had one heck of a fall!

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He was really in bad shape!

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To my surprise, he made it through night..and the next day...and the next week!  And on May 19th, he was still very weak, but bless his heart, he was hanging in there!!

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The more time that passed, the stronger he got! And on May 27th, he was sitting up on his own!!

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By mid-June, he was really starting to look like a 'big Owl'!!

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And by mid-July, he was moved to an outside pen to help prepare him for release!

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He shares his pen with an adult Great-Horned Owl who is recovering from an injury and hopefully, they will both be released soon!

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Many of the baby birds in the center are growing.  This is one of my favorite cages;  we have a Cardinal, a Great-Crested Flycatcher, and an Eastern Kingbird.

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One of several Mississippi Kites;

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One of our pretty Pelicans;

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And our favorite Fox Squirrel, Buddy, doing what he does best - sleeping - in one of his many funny positions!

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