Alice the Great Horned Owl Panting

[MPSecare]

Ah man I want to give her a juice box!

[elassawipo]

She has beautiful eyes, sad that she has a accident, thank you for share you video.

[WyomingAnne]

The Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, WY, just received its first bird, a great horned-owl, for our new program to educate the public about raptors and vultures. When, as a volunteer, I went over to our mews to feed him, as the gal in charge of the program was out of town, picking up two more birds, I had my first experience with gular fluttering. Before I joined the volunteer team, I had never even heard of it. Nice that you have captured this on film to share with bird lovers.

[ANCESTERSMEMORIES]

i thought it said painting owl

i really wondered what would it draw

[Jah2070]

You guys see its pupil plusating when she turned her head?

[karlakinstler]

@Jah2070 Owls can control the size of their pupils, and they can adjust the size WAAAAY faster than humans. Plus they work independently so they can have pupils of two different sizes at the same time.

[78kokka]

@karlakinstler Wow, that's really amazing *_*

[cerbosu]

@karlakinstler you said she's injured,what does she have?

[karlakinstler]

@cerbosu Alice's left wing is permanently injured. It was severely dislocated when she fell out of her nest as a chick, and she also broke the end of her humerus. So her elbow is permanently messed up and she can't fly.

[karlakinstler]

@basoco1 Sorry I couldn't post the direct link for some reason, so run the words together and put in a period for the dot.

[karlakinstler]

Rehab contact list - wildlife rehab info dot org

[karlakinstler]

@basoco1 The baby owl you found needs to get to a wildlife rehabilitator as soon as possible. Young owls always leave the nest before they can fly, and at this stage their head and body are fuzzy, but their wing feathers are fully grown. Owls at this stage normally don't need any help, as Mom and Dad are usually hiding nearby. If it's overrun with lice or other parasites, it needs help.

[yyhlover]

How strange, I never knew birds panted.

[lara39164]

it looks like is watching an horror film:))

[LadybugHPS01]

She has such amazing eyes

[zigg99]

She's so lucky to have you guys to care for her like that. Funny to see them panting. One of our cockatiels had to have that done regularly when he got older. It started needing it after he was in his 20s. He used to pant like that afterwords too. It was intimidating to do on my tiel, I can't imagine doing it for such a large bird.

[BLW2008]

Why is her beak filed down? They don't do that naturally do they? Is it for your protection?

[karlakinstler]

@BLW2008 In captivity Alice's beak isn't exposed to the wet and dry, hot and cold, rough surfaces, and as much tearing of prey as in the wild, so it gets overgrown in captivity when it wouldn't normally in the wild. Thus the need to trim it every so often.

[BLW2008]

@karlakinstler Thanks!

[WinterTwWolf]

Oh, what a gorgeous bird. :D

[shivissar]

she's beautiful

[Oobibun3]

Their pupils change very rapidly

[karlakinstler]

@wildabeast1223 The nest fell apart...and old squirrel's nest.

[karlakinstler]

@wildabeast1223 She is stressed from being restrained to have her beak filed down so she's panting to cool down.

[non0sequitur123]

These are really beautiful animals.

[dethmaul]

Just like rodent teeth.

Her horn feathers are laying down? I thought they were just tufts, I didn't know they had directional control, like dog ears.

[karlakinstler]

@dethmaul Yes, they are just tufts of feathers, but their position is an indicator of mood in combination with how she holds the rest of the feathers on her body.

[dragondisaster]

Why is she permanently injured?

[karlakinstler]

@dragondisaster She fell out of the nest and severely dislocated her left elbow when she was three weeks old. She can't really fly.

[SuperKezia]

Pretty eeyesssss <3

[ld0ne]

i've never heard that before... what is the point of trimming a owls beak?

[karlakinstler]

@ld0ne Beaks grow continuously just like our fingernails. In captivity they don't get as much wear as they would in the wild, so they need to be trimmed.

[ld0ne]

@karlakinstler oh i see gotcha well thats an interesting piece of information that i was not aware of thanks for the heads up :D

[ld0ne]

@karlakinstler she's so beautiful i would love to see her up close sometime they are such majestic birds

[karlakinstler]

@ld0ne Just come to the International Festival of Owls in Houston, MN some year! It's always the first weekend in March.

[JSRFfyiGUM]

She has pretty eyes o_o

[quackimaduck000]

yeah... I know how it is to have anxiety attacks Alice... <3

[DrPoon]

The feathers on her back look better than any man made camouflage I've ever seen.

[ghoulEgirl]

Beautiful bird!

[greengrendel]

Wow, that is a very expressive face! I expect the ear tufts help a lot.

[solitajre222]

wow look at the pupils-size change! wish i had night vision!

[Wolfrage76]

What happen to her?

[karlakinstler]

She just had her beak trimmed, which is stressful, so she was panting to cool down.

[Dr4g0nSpin]

i think he ment the injury of her :D

[GoodSirGundam]

Poor girl, all hot. The owl I work with does the same thing all summer so we have a water mister that she can sit under.

[BirdsofNewEngland]

Thats awesome !!

[xxMissMassacre]

hahaha i thought this said owl painting, i was going to be impressed

[Star13570]

lol same here still awesome vid ^^

[roswell333]

you can ahve an owl has a pet?

[karlakinstler]

No, you can't have an owl as a pet in the U.S. Alice is an education bird who works at the Houston Nature Center in Houston, MN.

[FlyBikes089]

Sweet!

[soxywoxy45]

That owl is sooooo cute!