Rare snowy owl faces difficult recovery

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20121119/NEWS/711199918/1685#rare-snowy-owl-faces-difficult-recovery

Photo: http://www.omaha.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=OW&Date=20121119&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=711199918&Ref=V1&maxw=598&maxh=400
Denise Lewis of Raptor Recovery Nebraska feeds the rescued owl a mixture of Pedialyte and Carnivore Care. Lewis calls the mixture "mouse in a can." The baby owl weighed 1 pound, 14.5 ounces. A healthy owl should weigh near the 5-pound mark. JOSH FRIGERIO/THE WORLD-HERALD

By David Hendee / World-Herald staff writer

Seeing a rare bird isn't always a feather in a birdwatcher's cap.

Denise Lewis of Bellevue has seen two snowy owls — an Arctic bird with radiant white plumage — in Nebraska this month. She hopes that they are the last.

Lewis, outreach coordinator for Raptor Recovery Nebraska, retrieved an ailing, female snowy owl from the grounds of the Hilton Omaha downtown at midday Monday. The raptor is believed to be the same bird that perched on the back side of the CenturyLink Center Omaha, thrilling dozens of attendees during a regional dog show Friday.

Lewis said the owl was severely emaciated and dehydrated.

FULL story, more photos, and video at link.

http://www.raptorrecoverynebr.org/

[LiberalEsto]

1. Is this Owl Week?

There was a story in today's Washington Post metro section about the rescue of a barred owl that turned out to be starving because it was blind.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/elderly-owl-rescued-in-fairfax-county/2012/11/19/cb4da324-325e-11e2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_blog.html

[Omaha Steve]

2. Thanks for the info

Wouldn't have known otherwise.

OS