From Mike Kilberg

Barred owls love big leafy trees as a great roosting spot. This barred owl particularly loves this tree as it has a nice view of the nest location.

Maryland 4/9/25

From Freedom First

This is Maple's reaction when I wear something new... in this case it was a headband. She fluffs out and will not look away..so concerned! Lol

(Maple is in an indoor cage waiting for her annual physical before returning outside to her aviary

From Harold Wilion

Taken last week, I don't think anyone has posted this owl for a while. The photo is certainly not unique, but I figured if your memory is as bad as mine, you won't remember, so figured I'd throw it out there.

A great horned owl chick perches on the trans-Alaska pipeline near Wiseman. (Photo by Ned Rozell)

By Ned Rozell | Alaska Science Published: April 11, 2025

Reader Todd Mackinaw recently admired how the great horned owl can thrive from the Brooks Range in Alaska all the way to Uruguay in South America.

The knee-high owl, known for its “plumicorns” — tufts above its ears that resemble horns — haunts every forested bit of Alaska.

Right about now, in early April, many female great horned owls are sitting on nests they have borrowed from other large birds — no owls build their own nest) Or they are warming eggs atop witches’ brooms — dense tangles of spruce branches caused by a fungus.

*A female great horned owl sits on eggs on part of the chapel building

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/21004963

From Thee Watermark Owl Queen

I photographed this baby Great Horned Owl in Pennsylvania, USA.

This was my first time seeing a baby owl climate tree.

Baby great horned owls are huge compared to a baby barred owl.

Again, if you see an owl on the ground, please give it space so it can hop, skip, and jump to the nearest tree to climb it!

This cutie was well monitored for two days by everybody in the community and on the second day, he climbed seven trees and once he finally found a sturdy one he stayed in it for 18 hours.

I have photos of this darling roosting in people's daffodils.

People in Pennsylvania are extra extraordinary, literally everyone was pro-owl, meaning it wasn't about the shot everyone wanted, to make sure the owl was OK. People opened up their homes to me, and their hearts. It was a life-altering experience, owl and hum

From Barn Owl Trust

From Freedom First

Owl exams... Head to toes!

Wing exam for Sebastien

From Harry Collins

This little burrowing owlet picked the wrong place to relax while momma was cleaning out the burrow.

This is Isolde, she is nesting in the Eifel-region of Germany and was very early to lay eggs this year with her mate, Tristan. The image is from this month and I appteciate it for it's maximum fluffiness. Info came from: https://egeeulen.de/uhu-webcams/foto-highlights/

From Luc Claes

Petit-duc à face blanche - Ptilopsis leucotis - Northern White-faced Owl

From WRA of Rhode Island

On Monday, we responded to a call about a young great horned owl in distress. Its nest had completely fallen, leaving the fragile chick displaced and vulnerable. Wild babies are always best raised by their parents, so renesting was our top priority. However, rebuilding a nest 30 feet up in a tree is no small task. In the world of wildlife rehabilitation, collaboration is everything, so we turned to our incredible colleagues at A Place Called Hope, renowned experts in raptor rehabilitation. Each year, they successfully perform over 20 renests throughout CT, and without hesitation, they agreed to help us.

On Tuesday, our teams met, and with skill and precision, the APCH crew raised and secured a newly built platform nest high in the tree, carefully placing the young back where they belonged. All the while, the parents remained nearby,

From Pocono Wildlife Rehab Center

This is one of our recent rehab successes, a beautiful gray morph screech owl.

Not ready to immediately disappear into the woods, the little screech perched on Amanda's hand for several minutes, taking in the scenery....then pooped on her and flew off. Message fully received that she was done with us and ready to be free again!

Fun fact, owls have amazing vision, and their pupils can dilate independently from each other (as this owl was kind enough to demonstrate.

From DP Nature and Wildlife Photography

Brown Fish Owl.. Excellent at hiding due to its camouflaging ability.. If you see close enough you will see that it is cleaning it's second eye' lens using its nictitating membrane..

Photographed in the Himalayan Jungles at Sattal, Uttarakhand - India

From Wild Care Oklahoma

Today, we are highlighting a simple but common treatment we use in our wildlife veterinary clinic-distractions tabs!

Often when raptors have a bone fracture in their wing, we place wing wraps to immobilize the bone while it heals. Sometimes our patients are not appreciative of their treatments, and they will try their best to get the wraps off. Barred owls and great-horned owls are the biggest offenders. In these cases, we add extra tape as "distraction tabs" for them to pull on instead of their actual wrap. This extends the integrity of the wrap.

You can see in these tabs on this barred owl that is in care for a metacarpal fracture and the great-horned owl caught in the act of pulling on his tabs

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From Wild Heart Ranch

GHO getting some physical therapy for atrophied leg muscles.

From Cynthia Rand

I'll never get tired of seeing a Screech Owl pair in their cavity together! Usually you will see this in late February through the third week in March, although it can be a bit sooner or a bit later.

From Ojai Raptor Center

Meet Great Horned Owl Patient 25-106

This beautiful, young juvenile male Great Horned Owl was found barely responsive, lying beneath a power line on the side of the road. Upon arrival at our wildlife hospital, our team quickly recognized the signs of electrocution-an all-too-common danger for raptors like this one. Many birds of prey are drawn to utility poles and power lines. These high perches give them a perfect view for hunting, but they can also be deadly. When a bird spreads its wings or touches two energized components at once, the result can be devastating.

Electrocution is one of the hidden threats raptors face-but we're grateful for the partnerships working to change that. Southern California Edison (SCE) has been taking active steps to protect birds for decades. Since 1988, their Avian Protection Program has worked to mi

From Paul Bannick

Cuban Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium siju)

A Cuban Pygmy-Owl pauses at his nest entrance with a gecko for his young, Like other Pygmy-Owls it typically nests in the cavities created by woodpeckers but unlike the Northern Pygmy-Owl it will also utilize nest boxes like the one featured in this photo.

This and the Bare Legged Owl are Cuba's 2 native owls.

Though the largest owl ever known, the Cuban Giant Owl, used to live there as well, just the tiny ones remain today.

The Cuban Pygmy Owl is also known as the sijú, pronounced see-HOO. A very owlish name, but this owl doesn't seem to make a hooting sound.