First Baby Barred Owl of 2009 with Foster Owls

This hatchling barred owl was found after high winds brought a nest tree down. We were unable to replace the baby in a basket nest as there were no other safe trees nearby. This video shows how attentive our foster parent barred owls are at raising a baby that isn't theirs. This fostering helps us greatly as this baby will be very wild and will be 100% releasable when it's time to go for it's second chance in the wild.

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Pets & Animals

Tags:

• barred owl
• owl
• raptor
• bird of prey
• foster parents
• wildlife rehabilitation

[skyespirit13]

That was actually another barred owl in rehabilitation that was hooting. They make sort of a chortling sound to their young.

[skyespirit13]

We do not propogate here, we care for injured and orphaned wildlife that come in needing care.

[skyespirit13]

This youngster, along with others we get in will be moved to our large flight enclosure for hunt training when they are ready and will be released when they have proven they can hunt and capture live prey that is offered. I will try to post more footage but with as protective as the female is, it's hard to get much, I was lucky to get this. The female does lay eggs however we replace them with false eggs and then replace those eggs with the orphans.

[skyespirit13]

The adults are both unreleasable, the female suffered head trauma and had an eye injury and she is unable to see well enough to hunt for herself, the male had a severe wing injury that calcified before he got to our center, he is unable to fly more than about 4 feet.

[6400az]

At about 0:15. Do owls sometimes ( or usually ) make that sound when feeding newly hatched young? Thank you.

[serendipityspencer]

Sweet and touching... thank you for all the good work you do for these animals

[JimmyJoeLard]

Are the adults unreleasables? Are they male and female? In that case, do they lay and brood their own clutches?

Will you hack the juvenile at fledge time?

Thanks for this nice clip. A longer portrayal of aspects of foster family life would be very nice if you get the time.