look what the dog dragged in.... literally

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on the drive...

[WeeDee]

What happened then? A happy outcome?

[Harrison2604]

What a beautiful animal. Always loved Owls, was she alright?

[kernowstu]

a trip to screech owl sanctuary for you bud hope its ok

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so,, walking the dog, coming back down my drive,,, saw what at first looked like a hedge hog,,, got a bit closer,, then as i thought "it's an owl" (bare in mind it was 2pm so was not expecting an owl) nooka (the dog) pounced... so did the owl,, nooka caught it's wing, i bellowed "drop" which to my suprise,, she did,,,

 

owl is fine,,, fed raw chicken, which it wolfed (no pun:biggrin:) down.. a friend who looks after birds for the police/ rspb etc etc lives v close,, he collected as my scent was on it so parents would abandon, couldnt "not touch" as it would have been flattened by farmers or taken by the foxes..

 

so it's having a check up today and going to live with some other owls,,

[Sam Thompson]

Happy Days for Mr Owl

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believe me when i say how close a miss it was,, you'd understand if you met my dog..

[gensetsteve]

We had one of those in our wood burner. Thought I had a rat so set a trap luckily only caught one tinney claw and was un injured and flew away when released.

[Taupotreeman]

Nice to hear there's a happy outcome.

[Mark Bolam]

Good stuff Ady, but I've handled fallen fledglings which the parents have then reared?

Not owls, mind.

 

Looks lovely.