Screech Owls Rescued on the Streets of Erie, PA Become News - Doing Well!
There is a very nice larger picture of these owls at the link above!
Another story of owls rescued makes for a happy news story in Erie, PA. Two Eastern Screech Owlets, one a red-morph and the other gray were rescued after falling out of their nest in Erie, PA the other day. These are real cute ones just like our's last year. What is interesting is that here in central Florida our Screech Owl mother is sitting on four eggs that are not due to hatch until April 6th, while in northwest PA some one thousand miles further north where it is so much colder these owls hatched perhaps 3 or 4 weeks ago. With hatching of owls is all about local food supply. I am not familiar with the ecology of NW PA, but this must be a time of food availability even though it is still quite cold. The rescued owlets are in the capable hands of a wildlife rehabilitation facility - in this case the Tamarack Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center.
Check out these two video clips from the local news:
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