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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 2h

9th of Owltober!

Found on a busy road, this tiny Saw-whet Owl was scooped up for treatment at JLS Wildlife Hospital at Cornell's College of Vet Medicine. Want to donate to Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital? vet.cornell.edu/giving/ways-... Source: fb.com/279923781863... #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉🥝

A tiny Saw-whet Owl is cradled upright in a blue towel. Three hands - each wearing the same type of purple nitrile glove - surround the patient and through the power of deductive reasoning we can say at least two people are present. One hand lightly pinches the owl's legs between their fingers, with long pointy talons emerging from the owl's fuzzy toes like fangs. Fangs of the feet. A stethoscope with a bright-red handle is applied to the owl's chest, looked upon by the owl with cross-eyed astonishment.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 1d

Meme image of a great horned owl with the bottom text "YA RLY"

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 1d

8th of Owltober!

A "full-of-sass" Great Horned Owl rescued from barbed-wire fencing by Raptor Education Group Inc. is now "in her flight recovery period with the help of many wonderful people."
Want to donate? raptoreducationgroup.org/support Source fb.com/121917573357... #owlsintowels #owltober💛🦉

A Great Horned Owl is wrapped in a sky blue towel in a grassy outdoor setting. Her danger mittens overhang the edge of the towel, with feathers concealing her sharp talons. The towel, and owl within, is held by a rescuer wearing a dark mossy green shirt. In the daylight the owl's pupils are narrow within their golden yellow irises, and combined with an angular brow gives her a look of intense enmity at the situation. Total mood.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 1d

7th of Owltober!

Sundae the Barn Owl was found being attacked by birds. He received special vet treatment and on recovery was released for a second chance at life in the wild
Want to donate to Wildlife Warriors? wildlifewarriors.org.au/donate Source: fb.com/101590903187... #owlsintowels #owltober💛🦉

A Barn Owl is wrapped in a light slate-blue towel, head rotated to the side like a model. The rehabilitator wears a khaki uniform, and holds the bundle of towel with their bare fingers. The owl has mostly white feathers except for a heart-shaped band around his facial disc that appears charred on the edges (no fire, it only looks that way), as well as a coat of dark ashy patterning at the top of the head which fades to a collar of speckles around the neck.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 2d

6th of Owltober!

Olaf was missing some feathers that affected his ability to fly well enough to catch prey in the wild so became an ambassador at World Bird Sanctuary. Want to donate to WBS? worldbirdsanctuary.org/ways-to-give/ Source: fb.com/120623111273... #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉

Olaf the Northern Saw-Whet Owl is wrapped in baby blue cloth that's styled like a head scarf. According to the uploader Paige Bucalo this makes him look like a babushka. His golden-yellow eyes are piercing, pupils wide, and feathers fluffy. What a cutie.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 4d

5th of Owltober!

Posted by North Texas Wildlife Center with various captions:
"Tex Mex"
"Forbidden burrito. Spicy burrito."
"Burritowls are a fairly common species around here."
Want to donate to NTWC? www.ntxwildlife.org/donate Source: fb.com/942812641283... #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉

A Screech Owl is wrapped in a towel like a burrito; head popping out from the top, and beak hooked over the edge. The owl's eyes are a pale olive-yellow, and plumicorn feathers point out like a cat's ears at 45 degrees. Perfect triangles. Elsewhere, a gloved hand holds the mauve-taupe wrap from below, and a cartographic map of the globe appears out-of-focus on the wall behind.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 5d

4th of Owltober!

It's Spring in NZ, which means LOTS of baby birds. BirdCare Aotearoa is raising funds for its busiest season of the year, to help treat patients like this Ruru Morepork. Want to donate?
birdcareaotearoa.org.nz/urgentappeal/
Source: fb.com/697453149091... #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉

Close-up of a Ruru Morepork in a lavender-blue microfibre towel. The background is off-white, and a dark blue plastic box and pencil are sat to the side. The owl takes up 80% of frame though; her eyes are wide and yellow with fluorescent tube lights reflected in each pupil. Her expression appears to be one of surprise, but that's just how a lot of owls look naturally. Her eyelids - and this is the first I've ever noticed this in an owl - are tinged on the edge with yellow pigmentation, matching the irises. Presumably this is also a natural look.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 5d

It’s well! One eyelid is half-closed but only because the wrap presses slightly upon it. This was a pre-release check-up, so BPRC returned the owl to the wild shortly after 💛

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 5d

3rd of Owltober!

Screech Owl Burrito during an exam at Blackland Prairie Raptor Center, with the original caption: "Wrapped for release, not for takeout."
Want to donate to BPRC? bpraptorcenter.org/donate/ Source: fb.com/111880310361... #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉

This Screech Owl's "red morph" variety shows up as shades of cream, light brown and ginger. The buttermilk wrap appears to be purpose-made, with hook-and-loop dots for easier fastening. It pulls around the owl's head slightly and depresses one eyelid over a pale-kiwifruit green eye. The owl is reclined so that the undersides of the feet - called planta or footpads, since they don't have soles the same way humans do - are facing skyward. The owl is atop a black bench and a rehabilitator's hand (in a transparent glove) provides lumbar support. Wooden palings of a fence appear behind.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 6d

2nd of Owltober!

This Barred Owl Torpedo was originally posted by MARS Wildlife, captioned "There's something about an owl in a towel that boosts the serotonin..."
Want to donate to MARS Wildlife Rescue? marswildliferescue.com/ways-to-give/ Source: fb.com/120122482870... #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉

A Barred Owl is wrapped in a beige towel in a tube-like fashion, with the camera looking down the barrel, so to speak. A rehabilitator's torso and forearms hold the owl with appropriately thick gloves. Only the owl's face is visible and largely obscured at that, but a yellow beak and one dark eye emerge from within.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 7d

"Help me Owl-bi wan, you're me owly hope"

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 7d

1st of Owltober!

Kicking off this month of Owltober we have a lively Long-Eared Owl, originally posted by Think Wild with the caption "patients that make us smile"

Want to donate to Think Wild Central Oregon? thinkwildco.org/donate Source: fb.com/110309571851... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

This Long-Eared Owl appears to be suspended in a sling made from a cream towel. The owl's beak and yellow eyes are wide open - punctuating an expression of shock and annoyance. You can almost hear the screeching through the pixels. Some ruffled head feathers, including the quote-unquote "ears" (which are in fact long feathers) accentuate the owl's wayward look.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 9d

Look at this distinguished gentle-bird. A juvenile Australian Boobook is being treated for a wing injury at Kobble Bird Shelter in Queensland 🇦🇺 Source: instagram.com/p/BwnYcsYpgVT/ #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A Boobook is snugly wrapped in a plain earthy-taupe fabric. The owl has brown and gingery feathers with a white brow area, and olive green eyes, each reflecting a ceiling light. The wrap pushes some of the owl's plumage up around his/her neck, like a prestigious feathery collar.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 11d

Ruru Owl "Dannevirke" was treated for nerve damage to his left wing. Wildbase bandaged him up, and after cage rest he worked on flight fitness in the aviary prior to release.
Want to donate to Wildbase Recovery? wildbaserecovery.co.nz/help-us/dona... Source: fb.com/903078021858... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A Ruru is wrapped in a teal towel (Windows 95 green), and secured in place by four human hands: two to hold the towel, one to gently brace the owl's head in a sort of upside-down Vulcan salute, and one to hold a stethoscope to the owl's chest. The owl's eyes are yellow and feathers are brown with streaks of mostly caramel and a little white around the brow.

The same Ruru looking far more at ease, perched on a small branch of an evergreen tree in the semi-outdoor environment of the Wildbase aviary.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 13d

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 13d

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 13d

A Boobook owl was released back where he was found after a week in care for an eye injury by Wildcare Inc. NT, Darwin Australia wildcareinc.com.au
Source: fb.com/583892107111... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A wide-eyed Boobook owl looks directly at the camera, wrapped in a fleece or felt fabric; black with amorphous white shapes (possibly pawprints and bones - suggesting a dog theme). The setting is indoors and while the background is very blurred, a benchtop and sliding window can be discerned with a blueish natural light cast from outside. The owl OTOH is in sharp focus in warm indoor lighting, with feathers ablaze in golden hues with streaks of white and brown. The owl's eyes are olive green, and the facial disc surrounding them is shaped like a heart.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 17d

A Saw-whet Owl is contained in a special cloth bag by Wild Bird Research Group to assist with monitoring the migration patterns of the species
Want to donate to WBRG? wildbirdresearch.org/donate/ Source: instagram.com/p/DBEsBy_Rg19/ #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A Saw-whet Owl is contained inside a draw-string pouch, lime-green with yellow polka dots (the bag, not the owl). Only the owl's head is visible; coffee and cream with yellow eyes. A tuft of feathers at the back are lifted by the bag like a fauxhawk.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 20d

A pair of Snowy Owls were rescued (independently) from farm locations. Both recovered at REGI and were able to exercise their flight muscles for release.
Want to donate to Raptor Education Group Inc? raptoreducationgroup.org/support Source: fb.com/101572828564... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A Snowy Owl is wrapped in a lightly patterned towel, with wide yellow eyes looking at the camera.

The two Snowy Owls, side by side, are held by handlers in winter gear outside the clinic on a snow-covered path. Each owl is bundled in a towel: one faded-coral, the other patterned with Spongebob Squarepants paraphernalia.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 24d

A highly-tuned hunting machine is detained in Anchorage, Alaska. Link for those who wish to give to Bird Treatment & Learning Center: birdtlc.org/donate Source: fb.com/100600608490... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A small Northern Saw-whet Owl is wrapped in a white cloth, with only her face visible. The arrangement of fabric could be mistaken for a white rose, albeit one with large round eyes and yellow irises. Her head feathers are a mix of light tan and white with dark streaks. The rictal bristles around her beak are very thin, and look kind of like those wire head massagers. The person holding the owl is wearing a dark jacket in the background but the focus is entirely on the owl, which looks alert and curious.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 26d

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 27d

A Spotted Eagle Owlet at FreeMe Wildlife in South Africa was not impressed with being weighed
Want to donate? freemewildlife.org/donation-page/ Source: fb.com/959687106185... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

This owlet meets the category of "torpedowl" being wrapped in a tube of plain white towel and head facing outwards from the cylinder like Thomas the Tank Engine. She is placed in a plastic bowl the colour of warm pastel blue, atop a set of scales. Her face is a little sunk inside the tube, and in shadow which accentuates the yellow of her eyes. Her mouth is slightly open and tongue is visible. Being juvenile there's an extra level of fluffiness to her feathers.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · Sep 1

Found stumbling in a garden and very thin, this owl was brought to CROW (Clinic for the Rehabilitation Of Wildlife) and xrays revealed a pellet in the shoulder. Careful support with the help of Peace River Wildlife resulted in a full recovery and release
crowclinic.org/support-crow/ #owlsintowels 💛🦉

Variations of the previous photo in a 2 by 2 grid showing the owl's different expressions, although no longer looking directly at the camera.

The owl emerges from a pet-carrier in a sunny grassy field, and takes flight for the distant trees.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · Aug 26

An Australian Boobook was posted in the aftermath of a storm in Perth, with a message from Kanyana Wildlife urging people to watch for animals affected by fallen trees.
Want to donate to KW? kanyanawildlife.org.au/about/suppor... Source: fb.com/103765341172... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

An Australian Boobook is couched within the loose folds of a towel, much like a Sarlacc finds its nesting place in the Great Pit of Carkoon. The setting is indoors; behind and out of focus is a cabinet of translucent trays, but the picture is primarily composed of cotton towel. Two dark olive-grey eyes and a single beak emerge from the depths, as well as plumage of gingery brown and caramel fudge feathers, which incidentally match the palette of the towel. Stripes of white on the towel match the X or ⵋ shape of white feathers across the bridge of the owl's beak and brow. He looks bitey.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · Aug 24

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