From floof balls to predators! These two came in back in May after falling from their nests and being abandoned by their overwhelmed parents to die (screech owls often have more babies than they can care for, so some often end up pushed out of the nest) and last night they finally found the door to the flight pen open.
They spent months preparing for this moment: flight practice, live prey tests, scary humans coming in to clean… quite the adventure! The camera caught both coming out of the enclosure, stopping for a snack, and then taking off toward the woods.
Check out the photos of their journey from floof to awkward teenager to adult ready to go!
Good luck, cuties! Another successful release!
What you say Willis!!!
It always piques my curiosity when I see other places do things differently than we do at our clinic. I was told we don’t feed the Screeches pinky mice. I had to cut up whole mice with scissors, and it creeped me out a bit. Giving them pinkies would have made me much happier!
I assume there’s different nutrients if they’re eating things with more skin, fur, fat, or whatever.
