Owl Rescue

Heard this owl scratchin around in the basketball poll, lowered a piece of wood on a string and got him out finally.
Anyone know what kind?

 

half an hour - drank some water out of my hand and then decided he was alright and flew away

 

looks like a great horned owl maybe but its kinda small.. maybe a young one?

 

Nice job saving it

Looks like an Eastern Screech-Owl

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/eastern_screech-owl/id

 

nice save man!

 

x2

 

thats cool shit right there. good job man

 

That is the coolest looking owl...way to go saving the little guy...
How did you know to do that with the string?

Thanks for sharing a good story.

 

good job with the save!!

 

Awesome job! Nice story.

 

good job man,

reminds me of when i was at my aunts this summer her neighbor had small birds living in the dryer vent, a baby fell out when it tried to fly, so i got on a ladder and put it back in and all was well.

but an owl, thats frickend bad ass. hope it was alright after

 

Yep. Definetely a Screech Owl. My class tagged a female when we found her in a Wood Duck Box. Great save! Go Wildlife.

 

thanks y'all - i just couldn't let him die down there

 

Good work.

 

I threaded string on both sides of a square piece of wood and eased it down with one side taut and the other loose so it was vertical. when it hit the bottom i pulled the other side taut as well and scooped him up. Took a while but it was worth it

 

Great Job!
Now toss an empty coffee can on that pipe, so it doesn't happen again.

 

i saved an owl once..it hit my window and broke his wing, i made it in the newspaper lol

 

Nice work Steve , I had a similar rescue of a Pileated woodpecker that had gone down a chimney of a house I was renovating , he was stuck in the smoke chamber above the fireplace damper so we rigged up an ice cream bucket on a rope and lifted him out ,

makes you feel pretty good , don't it

OZ

 

That was really nice of you man...I like it when people help animals! You a good person bud! +1