Good Evening Everyone,
Here is a update on the ESO as posted on Ont Birds
Meghan
Subject: * TODAY * [Ontbirds] Cannington Screech-Owl
From: Ray Lush
Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2009, 4:53 PM
Hello Birders,
I have received a number of inquiries about the Cannington Eastern
Screech-Owl. On Friday evening Jack Owen noticed the owl taking off for his
nightly hunt. A few minutes later he heard a commotion outside on the
street. A woman walking her dog was trying to hold her dog back from
attacking the owl that was lying on the road. Wanda Owen went out to care
for the owl while Jack went to find a cage. The owl spent Friday and
Saturday night in the Owen's shower stall while we had a few false starts at
trying to find out what to do. On Sunday we drove the owl down to the
Toronto Wildlife Centre to have him evaluated. At the Toronto Wildlife
Centre after examination they determined the owl did not have any broken
bones. The only problem was the owl would not eat. The owl is now at the Owl
Foundation in Vineland and if he/she is able to be released again we are
told that the Foundation prefers to release owls within a mile of the place
where they were caught. So we may yet see the owl back on the tree in
Cannington.
Ray Lush
Cannington
