12 March 2025
Nearly two weeks in the past this 6-week-old nice horned owlet fell 100 ft from her nest on the Panther Hole Bridge and was rescued and brought to Tamarack Wildlife Middle. Tamarack decided her accidents had been so minor that she was prepared for launch fairly quickly. However the place to take her? Her birth-nest is inaccessible.
She wanted to be in a foster household with siblings her age however she is older than different identified nestlings in western PA. (Her mother and father nest actually early.) Ultimately the only option was to return her to her mother and father by inserting her in a brief nest close to the bridge.
Yesterday she went residence with assist from Tamarack Wildlife Middle, Metropolis of Pittsburgh Forestry and Pittsburgh Park Rangers. Her journey is documented in these pictures by Dana Nesiti.
First, her non permanent nest was positioned 20-30 ft up in a tree close by and sound of her mother and father. Then George DeSavage of Metropolis Forestry obtained her from Tamarack workers.
As a parting shot she chunk the gloved finger of her Tamarack handler. Luckily these gloves are very thick.
Then she rode within the bucket truck to her non permanent nest …
… and settled in.
She is simply the best age to start “branching” — strolling off the nest — so her mother and father won’t be stunned to listen to her away from the birth-nest. When she wakes up hungry she is going to make begging calls like this and her mother and father will carry her meals.
Tamarack explains:
Over the subsequent 3-4 weeks, she is going to apply perching, hopping, flapping and quick flights earlier than being absolutely capable of fly at round age 9 weeks.
Nice Horned Owls spend extra time with their younger than some other owl species in Pennsylvania. Six months or extra are spent supporting their younger and educating them searching abilities, earlier than encouraging their younger to disperse within the fall.
Learn extra about her journey within the Put up-Gazette Nice horned owl named Muppet, rehabbed after 100-foot fall, returned to Schenley Park.
Comply with Tamarack Wildlife Middle on Fb the place they point out methods to assist them rehab wildlife.
If you want to contribute and to be a part of making this and different therapies and reunions doable, take a look at www.tamarackwildlife.org
