From A Place Called Hope
This sweet baby Eastern Screech Owl was delivered to the Torrington PD after being dropped by a hawk. The baby’s origin is unknown, but he is safe and has no real injuries!! So lucky and so cute.
Just a reminder to always make note of the location you pick up injured wildlife for the ultimate goal of return. It’s not always possible, like in this scenario, but when it is, it helps us to do the best for recovered patients.
Sorry, the wording they used is a bit confusing.
It doesn’t help in this particular case is what they’re trying to say, because since it was a hawk that grabbed this bird, they have no idea where the baby owl came from and can’t return it to its parents.
If you were to find an owl like this, since it is too small to fly, if you are able to tell the rescue people “I found it under this tree here!” then they would probably be able to locate the original nest/parents and return the baby to them safely and so it has owl parents to raise it.
It’s always best to return animals where they came from because they belong there and that is a place they were living successfully, and with babies, they learn to be proper wild animals if they’re raised by their wild parents and can learn where to find food/water/shelter in that particular local ecosystem.
Oh, yeah, I see that now!