Home Sweet Home

 The Great Grey Owl that came in last month after being hit by a car is all healed up.  He was released back to his home territory this afternoon!  As a warm-up he flew 2 full laps of our large flight pen when our president went out to catch him for transport.  It’s usually the best for our patients to be released back to their home turf.  Familiar surroundings, possible family members (for some species), existence of appropriate food supply & habitat, all lead to less stress on the animal.  Two weeks ago we also released the Barn Owl who tangled with the barbed wire fence that was profiled in our last post.  It likewise was fully recovered & was sent back to its home territory for release.