view the rest of the comments
Superbowl
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.
Great idea!
Would be cool if the database could somehow be federated in a way that spreads well to other platforms like Mastodon as well.
Also Lemmy in the name might limit the reach a bit.
One probably awful idea: A closed Lemmy community, with microblog style posts (that read well from Mastodon) with a standardized format constitutes the entries.
It would allow for a discussion of each entry, and possible boosts etc., perhaps increasing the potential reach of the project. But excel tables would of course still have other advantages.
I'm very curious about hosting options, as I don't really do much sharing online, other than my posts of course. I've never really even used the Google Docs stuff much. Everything has been for locked down systems at work. I haven't done any real web stuff either since Geocities/Tripod.
I hadn't given much thought to a name yet. Perhaps something such as OwlPedia, The BuboDex, Owlpha-Omega, but that would matter more for an actual site opposed to a list.
I could do it mega post style, but I think that could get crowded and with search not being great, it might just be messy.
If I did go through the work of making this list, I'd like it to be something accessible by all. I'd like to offer it to r/Superbowl for example, as the reach could be much greater. The idea is to do the greatest good.
I want the push to be neutral, as I don't want to have anyone promoted over anyone else. Ideally you'd support your closest place as they're taking care of your local animals.
Ooo... The Owl World Listing, the O.W.L.!
Now we're talking!!