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[Bird mama]

Oh my goodness @mousiegirl   you know how I reacted to the fawn in my yard and that little one was healthy and just relaxing in the shade.  I don't know what I would have done if I found a baby owl that was fading from the heat.  99% of the time, I don't panic in front of something in distress.  Seriously, be it human or animal I may be screaming on the inside however I try to project confidence and calmness on the outside.

When ever possible I find a room in the house and do one of these (minus the snakes) to get the stress out of my system, lol.

I'm sure if I would have called a wildlife rehabber or DNR or Humane Society for an owl they would come.  Sparrows and Pigeons are considered a dime a dozen and not worth the effort. 

I am so glad that you found the little one and I hope you rest easy that you have done everything you could do to save the little owl.

[mousiegirl]

@Bird mama   I forgot to say that when I went back out to move the pot into the shade, it was a huge, deep pot, the owl was gone so I looked and found it behind the pot in the shade.  When the guy got here, he found it about four feet from the pot, so maybe there is hope, I will never know, and I will worry for some time.  Did I mention that we first saw a mouse, wobbly, so think the parent dropped it for the baby and it was dazed.

This is the third baby owl I have rescued, the other two, siblings, one week apart, were all fluff, but when the girl got here and picked it up, the wing span was amazing for such a little bird.  As it turned out, the one that was injured had been take to my Vet, who took care of all sorts of animals whereas most will only care for domestic.

There had been very tall old pine trees over the garbage area where the nest was, as I used to look through binoculars to see the babies in the nest.  The trees fell during a storm.

DH woke me up one morning because before he got into his car to go to work, he stopped at the garbage cans and found the one baby, with half eater mice.  A week later, I was awoken with, "you won't believe this," and he had found the sibling, this one was injured.  I was able to take pictures of both while waiting for Wildlife Rescue.

[mousiegirl]

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@Bird mama wrote:

Oh my goodness @mousiegirl   you know how I reacted to the fawn in my yard and that little one was healthy and just relaxing in the shade.  I don't know what I would have done if I found a baby owl that was fading from the heat.  99% of the time, I don't panic in front of something in distress.  Seriously, be it human or animal I may be screaming on the inside however I try to project confidence and calmness on the outside.

When ever possible I find a room in the house and do one of these (minus the snakes) to get the stress out of my system, lol.

I'm sure if I would have called a wildlife rehabber or DNR or Humane Society for an owl they would come.  Sparrows and Pigeons are considered a dime a dozen and not worth the effort. 

I am so glad that you found the little one and I hope you rest easy that you have done everything you could do to save the little owl.

@Bird mama   Yes, no snakes, lol, eeew!

I find that I am also calm in situatioins where one could easily panic.  I lose sleep rehashing events which I call exorcism, after a while, I don't think about it, at least not often.

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[Bird mama]

Unless there is a serious injury, dehydration will take 'em out first.  It was meant that you found the owl @mousiegirl 

[mousiegirl]

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@Bird mama wrote:

Unless there is a serious injury, dehydration will take 'em out first.  It was meant that you found the owl @mousiegirl 

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@Bird mama   I decided that today was the day that DH was to move all clay pots behind a fence as they were unsightly and taking up a lot of room.  He actually found it when he removed three smaller pots from the large pot, and he said the smaller pots were on top of the owl, but that can't be possible because they would have crushed it, and the pots were already inside.  He called me and I took over.  If I had enough potting soil, we would have been potting large plants into super large black nursery pots and would never have found the baby, I guess it is an owlet, so as you say, it was fate.

[mousiegirl]

@Bird mama   Here is the owlet shortly after it was discovered.

[Bird mama]

Awww how precious @mousiegirl 

After taking the weekend off, my deer parent left one fawn in the field.  I heard a dog barking in a yard down the way and just unlocked the gate and left it ajar in case the fawn wanted to lay down without being bothered.

I saw a lady with a big black dog in the field.  The woman had the leash in her hand and could have attached it to the dog next to her.  Instead she let the dog chase the fawn.  I'm confident the fawn outran the dog.  Don't know where fawn went, don't see it with binoculars.  

I really need to live the in the country because people make me sick.

[mousiegirl]

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@Bird mama wrote:

Awww how precious @mousiegirl 

After taking the weekend off, my deer parent left one fawn in the field.  I heard a dog barking in a yard down the way and just unlocked the gate and left it ajar in case the fawn wanted to lay down without being bothered.

I saw a lady with a big black dog in the field.  The woman had the leash in her hand and could have attached it to the dog next to her.  Instead she let the dog chase the fawn.  I'm confident the fawn outran the dog.  Don't know where fawn went, don't see it with binoculars.  

I really need to live the in the country because people make me sick.

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@Bird mama   I agree, that's why I live where I never see anyone, even when I leave the house, but of course, I see people in stores, but now that DH shops, I just stay home, lol.

It is against the law here to let a dog off of a leash.  The idiot woman probably thought it was fun to watch her dog chase a fawn, what a SICKO!

[beastielove]

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@mousiegirl wrote:

@Bird mama   Here is the owlet shortly after it was discovered.

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@mousiegirl 

I truly believe that Divine Intervention

had a "hand" in making sure that you

found this precious baby.

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All of my children have paws  =^..^=

[Bird mama]

Technically @mousiegirl   all of the schools around here have signs on their athletic fields stating that dogs are not allowed on or off the leash.  For 20 years I've been watching folks walk their dogs in the field on and off the leash - all seasons.   I figure as long as they are not pooping in my yard, it's the school's problem.  I don't know, it could just be me - I would have leashed the dog once I saw the fawn.