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Calendar round-up of the 31 days of #Owltober 🕸️👻🦉 Happy #Owloween!

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Happy Owloween!

It's the 31st of Owltober and we've saved one of the best for last: A wet Ruru Owl at Wildbase Recovery after a bath for scurf (flaky skin). Pictures pre- and post- blowdry are night and day. Want to donate? https://wildbaserecovery.co.nz/help-us/donate/ Source: https://fb.com/3899922646697597 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

A car-hit Barred Owl was admitted to Acadiana Wildlife, and soon had an owl buddy to recover with. "They are both about to get a baby to foster until they are ready to release." Want to donate? https://acadianawildlife.org/donate Source: https://fb.com/821622216676763 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

A Pygmy Owl had a close call with a car window. And although "a bit dazed from his wild ride" he soon got the all-clear from the Dove Lewis team in Portland, Oregon. Want to donate to Dove Lewis? https://dovelewis.org/donors Source: https://fb.com/1210677550621470 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

A Tawny Owlet came to Suffolk Owl Sanctuary starving but after a bath and careful feeding he began to improve and gain weight. He also had another clutch mate to recover with. Want to donate? https://owl-help.org.uk/onwards-upwards-1-1 Source: https://owl-help.org.uk/blog/2020/6/11/double-trouble-for-tawny-chicks #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

A Great Horned Owl was tangled in netting, so Jackson County Animal Shelter cut his talons free. He was returned to where he was found, pictured taking flight. Want to donate? https://jacksoncountyanimalshelter.org Source: https://fb.com/122187961652064868 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

A Pueo or Hawaiian Short-Eared Owl is wrapped up in a towel for his morning treatment at Hawai‘i Wildlife Center. Want to donate? https://hawaiiwildlifecenter.org/donate.html Source: https://fb.com/1187185170110256 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

Boobook sightings were up due to mild weather and no. of rodents about. A stern warning from Perth Wildlife Hospital: Don't use rodent poisons! They kill other animals & birds of prey. Want to donate to PWH? https://www.pwh.org.au/donate/ Source: https://fb.com/3152450798120297 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween💛🦉

Ozark Bird Conservancy is banding and monitoring Saw-Whet Owls so they can study the migrations and "habits of these cryptic and poorly understood birds" Want to donate? https://ozarkbirdconservancy.org/donate/ Source: https://instagram.com/p/DDGwoq2O8ti/ #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

Surgery in Saratoga. A Great Horned Owl became entangled in a soccer net, requiring multiple operations on his foot and leg during care at Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA. Want to donate? https://phs-spca.org/donate Source: https://phs-spca.org/great-horned-owl #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

A Ruru Morepork in a marshmall-owl pink towel was treated by Bird Rescue Whanganui Manawatu. The owl was found under a car at Rotokawau Virginia Lake, New Zealand 🇳🇿🥝 Want to donate? https://birdrescue.co.nz/donate/ Source: https://fb.com/831810205641104 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween💛🦉

NYC Park rangers rescued a young Great Horned Owl. He was treated at Wild Bird Fund for suspected rodenticide poisoning, and sent to The Raptor Trust for longer term care. Want to donate to WBF? https://wildbirdfund.org/how-to-help Source: https://fb.com/862520519253113 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

A Long-Eared Owl is treated for eye injuries in Alberta 🇨🇦. The owl recovered vision but missed his migration, so overwintered at AIWC to be released in spring. Want to donate to Alberta Institute of Wildlife Conservation? https://aiwc.ca/support-us/ Source: Newsletter Vol. 24 | Issue 1 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

An "especially stroppy" Spotted Eagle Owl fledgling named Eyeball was admitted by FreeMe Wildlife 🇿🇦. They put her in a towel burrito so they could treat a small wound on her neck. Want to donate? https://freemewildlife.org/donation-page/ Source: https://fb.com/1206174978203176 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

A Snowy Owl had a bad case of rodenticide poisoning (evidenced by a low blood count and a small wound that wouldn't clot). DuPage Wildlife aided her recovery with Vitamin K treatment and expert care. Want to donate? https://dupageforest.org/friends Source: https://fb.com/303982608437537 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

Ever seen a wet owl? It's unfortunate how this Great Horned got into this situation (he was submerged in petroleum), but the pics from Wild Heart Ranch are too good not to share 🧼🛁Want to donate? https://4thewild.org/how-to-help/ Source: https://fb.com/1063063762515185 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

A Barn Owl was chased by crows and flew into a library window in Melbourne, AU. The Wildlife Rescuers took him in and he recovered well, happily eating mice before release 🐁Want to donate? https://wildliferescuers.org.au/donate/ Source: https://fb.com/665190185636404 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween💛🦉

Following weeks of care for barbed-wire injuries, this Burrowing Owl healed well at Ojai Raptor Center. He/she moved to a flight aviary and was set to be released soon after. Want to donate to OJR? https://ojairaptorcenter.org/donate Source: https://fb.com/3396164910493270 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

Look hoo's here, a Great Horned Owlet being rehabilitated at Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research Inc.
Want to donate? https://tristatebird.org/donate/ Source: https://fb.com/2151478744877146 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

A Spotted Eagle-Owlet was less mobile than expected for a fledgling. Exams at African Raptor Centre 🇿🇦 showed no fractures, and they were optimistic about his recovery. Want to donate to ARC? https://africanraptor.co.za/donations Source: https://fb.com/947569327410388 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

An Eastern Screech Owl with red / rufous polymorphism was treated for HBC injuries (hit by car). She was later released after rehabilitation at The Center for Birds of Prey. Want to donate? https://thecenterforbirdsofprey.org/donate Source: https://fb.com/10158998552113278 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

An adult Great Horned Owl with an injured wing was caught (after killing two chickens!) at a ranch near ABQ, New Mexico. Was taken to Tijeras for a vet exam then Hawks Aloft for rehab.
Want to donate? https://hawksaloft.org/donate Source: https://fb.com/1254981076668320 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉🐔

Ranger Alicia at Gumbuya Wildlife Park introduces us to Duncan, an Australian Masked Owl, and wraps him (in a towel) in preparation for his monthly weight check https://gumbuya.com.au/ Source: https://fb.com/gumbuyaworldvideos/450655863580903 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

Found on a busy road, this tiny Saw-whet Owl "similar in weight to a kiwi fruit" was scooped up for treatment at Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital (part of Cornell's College of Vet Medicine). Want to donate to JLS? https://vet.cornell.edu/giving/ways-give Source: https://fb.com/279923781863806 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉🥝

A "full-of-sass" Great Horned Owl is rescued from a barbed-wire fence by Raptor Education Group Inc (REGI). She's now "in her flight recovery period with the help of many wonderful people."
Want to donate? https://raptoreducationgroup.org/support Source https://fb.com/1219175733578114 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween💛🦉

Sundae the Barn Owl was found being attacked by birds. He received special vet treatment from Wildlife Warriors, Queensland 🇳🇿 and on recovery was released for a second chance at life in the wild. Want to donate? https://wildlifewarriors.org.au/donate Source: https://fb.com/10159090318781867 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

Olaf the Northern Saw-whet Owl was missing some feathers that affected his ability to fly well enough to catch prey in the wild so became an ambassador at World Bird Sanctuary. Want to donate to WBS? https://worldbirdsanctuary.org/ways-to-give/ Source: https://fb.com/1206231112733830 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween💛🦉

A wrapped up Screech Owl posted by North Texas Wildlife Center with various captions:
"Tex Mex"
"Forbidden burrito. Spicy burrito."
"Burritowls are a fairly common species around here."
Want to donate to NTWC? https://www.ntxwildlife.org/donate Source: https://fb.com/942812641283653 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween💛🦉

It's Spring in NZ, which means LOTS of baby birds. BirdCare Aotearoa is raising funds for its busiest season of the year, to help treat patients like this Ruru Morepork. Want to donate?
https://birdcareaotearoa.org.nz/urgentappeal/
Source: https://fb.com/697453149091743 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween💛🦉

A Screech Owl Burrito during an exam at Blackland Prairie Raptor Center, with the original caption: "Wrapped for release, not for takeout." Want to donate to BPRC? https://bpraptorcenter.org/donate/ Source: https://fb.com/1118803103612878 #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉