Barred Owl Treated, Transferred to Chattahoochee Nature Center
Decatur Metro | September 19, 2009I followed up with Michael Ellis at A.W.A.R.E (Atlanta Wild Animal Rescue Effort) and he was good enough to give me this update on “Hooty”, the barred owl found injured at the intersection of Church and Norris Street early this week.
The owl has some pretty extensive blunt force trauma to the shoulder but we could not find any visible breaks. We gave it some initial care and then yesterday we transferred it to the Chattahoochee Nature Center for long term supportive care.
Michael says that it’ll be a week or so before he knows anything further about the owl, but he promises to keep us informed if I just drop him a note…which I will.
After the jump, Michael provides a primer on what to do if you encounter an injured wild animal in the future.
If you find an animal in need of care, please remain with the animal and call AWARE at (678) 418-1111. If no one is there to watch the animal, it is difficult for us to provide assistance. Invariably, by the time we find a rescue volunteer and they arrive at the scene, the animal is gone or can not be found because we don’t have an exact location and animals have a way of disappearing. Someone else picks them up or they hide under or behind something. In most cases, we can walk the caller through a simple rescue and once the animal is confined in a box or trash can, the rest is easy.
Believe it or not, I walk 10 year olds through rescuing hawks and owls. It’s a breeze.
We have a great deal of information on our website that would be of interest to your readers; New Rules for Living with Urban Wildlife, Urban Coyote information, Methods for Peaceful Coexistence with Wildlife, etc. Our website is www.awareone.org
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Thanks for the update on Hooty. And I added AWARE’s number to my cell phone contacts.
Glad to know the owl is still hanging in there.
Thanks for the update.
Get better soon Hooty and come home!
Echoing AMB and for the birds. Thank you for letting us know Hooty will be amongst friends..and related species.
If Hooty has made it this far, he will hopefully be OK. Hang tough Hooty!
I hope Hooty doesn’t have “hootlets” who need their mama/daddy. I think that barred owls are raised by both parents so maybe it’s not a problem.
I am so relieved – the little guy has been on my mind.