Owl rescue

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Lorie Prestes, director of the McCook, Nebraska, Humane Society animal shelter and licensed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to perform raptor rescues, plucks an injured young adult screech owl from a tree in Bob and Cathy Thayer's backyard Monday afternoon. The Thayers' neighbor, Lew Hayes, said he has watched the little owl in the rafters of his patio cover for about a week, and he and Bob discovered Monday it was suddenly a little too approachable, unresponsive and possibly injured. Lorie said the little bird will go into her raptor rescue program to recover from head trauma. "His left eye won't open, but his wings aren't broken and his legs are fine," Lorie said late Monday afternoon. "He needs food and water." Contact Lorie at the shelter, (308) 345-2372, (leave a message, if necessary) for her help with injured raptors. "Do not try to do it yourself," she tells good-intentioned rescuers, "unless it's to move an injured bird out of traffic. The talons and beaks are very dangerous. They'll tear you to shreds."

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