An Owl Weekend

Are you sick of owls yet? I kinda am but I still get super excited about finding one in the wild. On Friday I was lucky enough to find one while walking between buildings at work. It was a barred owl and I don't think it was amused that I found it.

It has been an owl filled weekend for me. Saturday I did a booth event at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge's Winterfest. We brought 4 birds and talked to people about owls. Over the course of 5 hours we saw nearly 1,000 people. It was an exhausting but good day!

Barred Owl Release

Went down to The Raptor Center on Tuesday for the little birds to get their beaks and talons trimmed. As a bonus, we returned with more birds than we went down with. A male barred owl had finished rehab and needed to be released...guess who got the honors!?!? Don't worry, the owl did fly off eventually :)

(I apologize for the sound ahead of time)