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As tiring as being a rural veterinarian can be, occasionally an event
like a barn owl fledgling walking in the door makes it enjoyable.
The same person who brought in a barn owl last fall arrived Thursday
with a fledgling she found on her air conditioner. She had seen two on her
chimney the night before and thought one was ill. It kept raising its
wings.
After the history and a physical, I was reasonably sure it left the
nest a couple of days to early but was otherwise fine. I fed it 2 chicks
which were gone this morning and another two today. I decided to take it
back to the house. The chimney was inaccessible due to power lines so we
placed it on the AC at 9pm. It flew to a protected space on the porch.
At 9:30 we watched 68 bats squeeze out of a hole in the attic and the
babies started calling from the chimney. My patient then flew to the
gutter and on to the chimney. Two birds from the chimney joined him and
then he flew to a nearby maple. At this point we heard another one in the
maple. Our fellow flew back to the gutter but could not make if up to the
chimney.
An adult then called from the maple. The patient then attempted to fly
to the chimney one more time but ended up on the ground. The adult
periodically called. Just before I left the adult landed on the chimney
and was silhouetted by the moon behind her. Three birds began the "where
is my dinner chatter."
In the end, there were five confirmed fledglings (three seen , two
heard) and at least one adult. What a night.
Scott Pendleton
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