Posted on 11/19/2020 8:29:16 AM PST by SJackson
Edited on 11/19/2020 8:38:24 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
The bird is an adult male Saw-whet owl, one of the tiniest owls
NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t quite a partridge in a pear tree, but a worker helping set up the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree found a holiday surprise — a tiny owl among the massive branches.
The little bird, now named what else but Rockefeller, was discovered on Monday, dehydrated and hungry, but otherwise unharmed, said Ellen Kalish, director and founder of the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties, New York, where the bird was taken.
Kalish said the bird is an adult male Saw-whet owl, one of the tiniest owls. It was taken to a veterinarian on Wednesday and got a clean bill of health.
“He’s had a buffet of all-you-can-eat mice, so he’s ready to go,” she said.
She said the plan was to release the owl back to the wild this weekend.
The tree, a 75-foot Norway spruce, had been brought to Manhattan on Saturday from Oneonta, New York, in the central part of the state. The tree is put in place and then decorated over some weeks before being lit for the public in early December.
LOL- So many great scenes- The judge was priceless in this movie too-
funny funny scene- To me, this was just a perfectly done/acted movie- Even that witness, a movie regular actor- been in lots of great movies- was great- great choice for that part- I’m not big on ‘modern movies’ much, but this one was an exception (even though years old now )
This movie ranks up there as one of the best in my opinion
Hard to believe Ralph Macchio is 59 years old!...................
Was it a spotted owl?
He reminds me of that little Chicken Hawk that’s always bedeviling Foghorn Leghorn! ;)
I’m thinking that even if he is so small, he could probably chomp off a finger if need be!
I had a Great Horned Owl in my chicken coop one evening, 2am and ‘my girls’ were making a fuss. Grabbed my BB gun and ran down there and there was the owl on the perch, with my girls on either side of him, LOL! Just sitting there, enjoying their company.
I’m sure he was thinking of having a SNACK before I showed up. We shooed him out, and it’s true - the wingspan is amazingly HUGE and the flapping of his wings was completely SILENT.
So cool to have seen that!
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I saw-whet you did there.
Has the same crazy eyes as my Maine Coon.
I have named the owl “Woodstock:
“Don’t say I never said anything practical or useful in my posts.”
Thank you.
A good entry point to find fun bits.
What happens to the indigestible material?
Indigestible material left in the gizzard such as teeth, skulls, claws, and feathers are too dangerous to pass through the rest of the owl’s digestive tract. To safely excrete this material, the owl’s gizzard compacts it into a tight pellet that the owl regurgitates. The regurgitated pellets are known as owl pellets.
https://www.carolina.com/knowledge/2020/02/19/all-about-owl-pellets
i know it- Uggh- I thought he was much younger than me- but nope he’s older lol-
Hubby and I spent a good bit of lockdown putting together a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle of Bosch’s triptych.
Lots of owls in it.
Boy, was that dude bent. Though not because of the owls.
Thanks.
Maybe someday I can win the big prize with that answer in a quiz show like in National Lampoon's European Vacation.
Kinda like moose nuggets
They make cute ear rings.
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