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Look What the Storm Blew In!
(lemmy.world)
An out of season Saw Whet in New York City!
From Wild Bird Fund
This little quy is a Northern saw-whet owl, and he appears to be as surprised as we were to find him at the clinic. He was found on the Upper East Side, unable to fly and very wet. He came in drenched, cold and stuporous. After a blow dry, some warmth and fluids, the owl perked up, then spent the night in an incubator with oxygen. Today he was feistier and defensive.
We suspect he suffered a collision of some sort, based on his demeanor and some dried blood under his chin. But we'll be doing further examination once he's more stable.
Photo by Eugene Oda
NYC is in the southern end of the year-round range for them, so it should be ok if it was in the area already.
Huh, interesting. I wasn't aware they were that close to where I'm at. I'm curious how these hotter and hotter summers are affecting them.
It sounds like it's an even better situation for this bird then, so I'm glad.