Connect handles videos fine, btw.
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For owls that are superb.
US Wild Animal Rescue Database: Animal Help Now
International Wildlife Rescues: RescueShelter.com
Australia Rescue Help: WIRES
Germany-Austria-Switzerland-Italy Wild Bird Rescue: wildvogelhilfe.org
If you find an injured owl:
Note your exact location so the owl can be released back where it came from. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitation specialist to get correct advice and immediate assistance.
Minimize stress for the owl. If you can catch it, toss a towel or sweater over it and get it in a cardboard box or pet carrier. It should have room to be comfortable but not so much it can panic and injure itself. If you can’t catch it, keep people and animals away until help can come.
Do not give food or water! If you feed them the wrong thing or give them water improperly, you can accidentally kill them. It can also cause problems if they require anesthesia once help arrives, complicating procedures and costing valuable time.
If it is a baby owl, and it looks safe and uninjured, leave it be. Time on the ground is part of their growing up. They can fly to some extent and climb trees. If animals or people are nearby, put it up on a branch so it’s safe. If it’s injured, follow the above advice.
For more detailed help, see the OwlPages Rescue page.
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I may have to give Connect another try. It sounds like it's got the most features working smoothly.
Liftoff and Boost give me a thumbnailed YouTube link, which I feel is acceptable for now.
In Jerboa it also opens in an outside link, which is one reason I'm not partial to videos. But seeing those feathers not move and (not) hearing the sound of the owls flight would be hard to replicate in text. Great video!
I agree. Integrated video would definitely be a more polished experience. Once apps start popping up on their own it starts to be a hassle. And especially since it seems we're not all getting the same experience.
I thought this video went very well with the feather post though and would really make a lot of the facts come to life. I saw this video 4 or 5 years ago and I think of it all the time because of how dramatic the difference is. You hear "owls fly silent" and think "well I never think of birds making that much noise anyway" and that it wouldn't be thaaaat different, but this shows that yeah it really is that different and the side by side and slow motion compared to the other birds makes it night and day clear.
You guys may have seen the peregrine/stealth bomber comparison pic before. I love peregrines very much as well, but they're more like a shark with a high speed vertical sneak attack, owls with the camo and silence are the real stealth bombers.
