The new guy

[urbpan]

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[phlogiston-5.livejournal.com]

Now THAT is freakin' adorable.

[miz-geek.livejournal.com]

Ack! So cute and fluffy and fierce. And wearing those nice new mouse shoes.

[aemiis-zoo.livejournal.com]

Is this an owlet in partial down feathers?

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Yep, a new baby--some member of the public attempted to raise it, gave up, and dropped it off at our sister sanctuary. We're raising it to be an education animal.

[aemiis-zoo.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...I wonder how some member of the public ended up with a baby owl anyway...Do you know the story?

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I don't know the story. Speculation is that it fell out of the nest maybe. We find that people are keeping wildlife as pets and doing unlicenced rehab all the time.

[anais2.livejournal.com]

That's a mean machine in the making!

I've always had an affinity for owls, from the tiny burrowing ones we were surrounded by in CA, to the grays who cohabited with us at the farm. We could eventually distinguish between them, and named them for easy ID.
We spent a lot of time watching them; one even began leaving her pellets at our back door!

[bellelvsbeast.livejournal.com]

He is so expressive...:)

[maybethecat.livejournal.com]

he seemes a bit flustered in the first pick

[http://users.livejournal.com/purplebunnie_/]

Fuzz-but and dignified don't usually mesh so well.

[artemii.livejournal.com]

so cute! so obviously soon to be a skilled killer! my brain is about to explode from the cognitive dissonance.

unrelatedly, did you already see this? first new genus of monkey in 83 years.

[punkydolly.livejournal.com]

Cute but insane looking - owls always look insane to me. And those claws!!!

[hai-kah-uhk.livejournal.com]

Two of those arrived earlier this week at Cape Wildlife, though ours are considerably younger. When one of the other volunteers took me in for a peek, one hissed at us so we backed off. My ultimate goal at Cape Wildlife is to do the raptors, but these owls will grow up and be released before I get there. Ah well, there will be others. Maybe I can go to the release party.

[pipu.livejournal.com]

Hi, I wandered over here from the discussion of house centipedes at kore's journal. I like your project a lot, mind if I add you?

Cheers,
katie

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Sounds good! I hope you like it.