Owl - Blog Posts
Walpurgisnacht by Heinrich Kley (1923)
Just two lovebirds ~
It’s an owl paperweight my friends gave me. Made in Japan BTW
Spike, the Burrowing Owl, has sparse feathers on his feet unlike many other owls who look like they are wearing leg warmers!
Ewok, the eastern screech owl, is a permanent resident at the SNC due to an eye injury that would prevent him from thriving in the wild. He is a fully grown eastern screech owl, even though their small size leads many to believe that they are juveniles.
The interesting coloring of their feathers is camouflage adapted to blend in with the base of trees.
And yes, we name all of the Eastern Screech Owls we care for after Star Wars.
Make one of our wildlife friends your valentine this Valentines Day! For a $5 donation, we will deliver a yummy box of worms from you to them. Photos of the deliveries will be updated on Valentines Day. Donate here to get started: https://www.facebook.com/sncwild/posts/4168465543165140
Obey the Owl 💩🧠🔥🤖🎃
Our resident Barred Owl did an impressive display today of how owls can turn their heads up to 270 degrees. This is due to a special adaptation on their vertebrae.
Barred Owls are native to Florida, but this one cannot be released back into the wild due to a permanent injury. He would not be able to survive in the wild on his own. Instead, he now has a happy home with dedicated care takers and sometimes makes himself visible to the public as an educational ambassador.
“Barred Owls are easiest to find when they are active at night—they’re a lot easier to hear than to see. Visit forests near water (big bottomland forest along a river is prime Barred Owl habitat) and listen carefully, paying attention for the species’ barking “Who cooks for you?” call.” - The Cornell Lab https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/overview
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This injured Burrowing Owl was brought to the nature center by a concerned Broward County resident to be rehabilitated. We were able to successfully able to release it back into the wild as good as new!
This Burrowing Owl had an interesting feature that made it a unique visitor at our hospital. Most Burrowing Owls have bright yellow eyes. This one in particular possessed a recessive gene that gave it brown eyes instead.
Great Horned Owls are native to the Americas, with a preference for deciduous, coniferous, forest, and desert habitats. They are carnivores with a diet that includes small mammals, reptiles, and even other owls!
Fun fact: When clenched, a Great Horned Owl’s strong talons require a force of 28 pounds to open.
Our resident owl is with us due to a permanent wing injury that prohibits them from ever flying properly again.
Who is the Sawgrass Nature Center?
For those of you that are unfamiliar with the Sawgrass Nature Center, we wanted to provide to you a summary of who we are and what we do.
The Sawgrass Nature Center & Wildlife Hospital (SNC) is a non-profit organization that has been providing environmental education and wildlife rehabilitation for the residents of our community for the past 25 years. The SNC was founded in 1995 on a philosophy of environmental stewardship and the belief that humans were meant to preserve and care for the environment and its wild inhabitants. Our main mission goals are:
Educate the public about Florida’s native and unique wildlife
Rehabilitate and release in-need native wildlife that is brought to our center
With the belief that education and compassion go hand-in-hand, we hope that our educational programs which are designed to entertain and educate both children and adults will lead to respect for our native animals and knowledge of the important roles they play in nature.
Our center also provides care for over 850 in-need native animals annually through our onsite wildlife hospital. Residents of Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade County have been bringing injured, orphaned, or sick native wildlife to SNC for the past twenty-five years. We continue to be the only place in northwest Broward County that offers this service.
Unfortunately, not every animal once rehabilitated can be released again. Some suffer from permanent injuries that will prohibit their survival in the wild. These animals are provided a forever home at the Sawgrass Nature Center. They become “animal ambassadors” that help to educate the public about their species and their importance to Florida’s natural environment. Our animal sanctuary exhibits are open to public viewing.
If you are interested in the events and programs that the Sawgrass Nature Center and Wildlife Hospital offers, please consider following us on social media or check out our website, https://sawgrassnaturecenter.org/.
bsd as owls (the characters i like at least)
Long Eared Owl - Dazai
Tawny Owl - Chuuya
Snowy Owl - Atsushi
Madagascar Red Owl - Lucy
Black Barn Owl - Yosano
Great Horned Owl (with leucism(its not albino)) - Kunikida
Great Gray Owl - Fukuzawa
Sooty Owl - Fyodor
Barn Owl - Nikolai
If you disagree i dont really care actually
Art dump because I keep forgetting to post here
For my APD club a few weeks ago we all made a list of nouns and adjectives and had to narrow it down. We decided on “pastel wizard” and we all had to make a design based off of it, and thus was my interpretation!
into my soul is not deep enough, he 【ｓｔａｒｅｓ ｆｕｒｔｈｅｒ ｂｅｙｏｎｄ】
WHERE DO YOU FIND THIS MANY COOL ANIMALS?!?!?!
ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!
Here's a cool animal friend for you...
Northern Boobook (Ninox japonica), family Strigidae, order Strigiformes, Philippines
photograph by Jopet Sy
The person who wrote this question was in my walls, I just know it!! I felt very, very seen - in a good way. (Ignore the side-eye medaeival owl. He doesn't know what's going on.)
That's from Neuropsycology Dorset's autism screening test. I'm not surprised to find that I'm probably not neuronormal, but I didn't expect to score that highly in both the ADHD and autism screening. C'mon, brain!
I'm wondering if I should get a formal diagnosis; I'm not sure how much help it would be. I know it varies according to person, so if anyone has experience in this, do let me know!
(Screaming cat is Mewi de Pointe du Cat from Lescat corpse yeeting)
