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Index of Subjects --001a114dcf68a0561e0537a43dd7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 HI Judy, Hard to say what happened but most of the owls we get that were mobbed by crows have pre-existing injuries that are often older. A healthy owl can usually evade crows but a sick or injured one is fair game. This time of year if we get fledglings in they are often thin which leads me to believe they are separated from the family for some reason..and the crows see the opportunity. Just a thought, sad none the less :( Helene Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre 2220 Irwin Lake Rd Brookfield NS Canada B0N1C0 902-893-0253 helene.birdvet@gmail.com <birdvet@hotmail.com> www.cwrc.net Find us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cobequid-Wildlife-Rehabilitation-Centre/134671693239334> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/CobequiWildlife> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 10:08 PM, Judy <tandove@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > As many of you know Bernard Forsythe has been helping Barred Owls in our > area for years, has his own owl nesting box in his backyard, three young > were raised this year. Most years after the young have fledged the adults > tend to bring their family to our woods or close-by - we are only about a > km > west of his property. Our woods obviously offer a substantial supply of > wildlife. About a week ago I woke in the early hours to hear much owl > vocalization indicating the family were here in the trees outside my > bedroom > window. Welcome sounds. > > > > You will be saddened to hear what happened to one of them. Yesterday > mid-morning (Tues) a visiting friend drew my attention to an unusual > visitor > sitting very still on our back patio. It was a banded fledgling Barred Owl > but when it turned we could see it had a very badly broken wing with bone > protruding. Here was this beautiful young bird with a mangled wing, quite > heartbreaking. It took a couple of hours to find rescue/help. DNR > technicians were 'out' but a message was left. Bernard who had been out > was > finally located, came here to check the band number as he wanted to know if > it was possibly one from his backyard family. It turned out to be the > first > one he had banded at home this year. Must have been a sad moment for him. > A > few minutes later thankfully, a DNR technician arrived who, on her way to > work had heard my message and responded. She and Bernard caught the owl, > and > it was taken away. I found out later it had been taken to Hope for > Wildlife, > and this morning the news was not good but rather expected. > > It had succumbed to its injury. > > > > Obviously the cause of its injury will never be known but very early the > same morning before 6:00 am I had heard a great racket of crow calling > which > led me to think at the time the crows sounded as if they were > 'mobbing'/harassing an owl they had found in our trees. This makes me > wonder > if this young owl was the object of their scorn and it possibly panicked or > tried to evade them and ended up crashing into a large tree limb, breaking > its wing. I am still amazed that it should have turned up on our patio, > was > it seeking refuge away from the woods... > > > > Judy Tufts > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > Judy Tufts > > Wolfville NS > > <<<<<<<<< > > > > > --001a114dcf68a0561e0537a43dd7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">HI Judy, Hard to say what happened but most of the owls we= get that were mobbed by crows have pre-existing injuries that are often ol= der. A healthy owl can usually evade crows but a sick or injured one is fai= r game. This time of year if we get fledglings in they are often thin which= leads me to believe they are separated from the family for some reason..an= d the crows see the opportunity.=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Just a thought, s= ad none the less :(</div><div><br></div><div>Helene</div></div><div class= =3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div class=3D"gmail_signature" data= -smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>= <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Helene Van Doninck DVM<br>Cobeq= uid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre<br></div><div>2220 Irwin Lake Rd Brookfi= eld NS Canada B0N1C0<br>902-893-0253<br><a href=3D"mailto:birdvet@hotmail.c= om" target=3D"_blank">helene.birdvet@gmail.com</a><br><a href=3D"http://www= .cwrc.net" target=3D"_blank">www.cwrc.net</a><br></div><div><div><div>Find = us on <a href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cobequid-Wildlife-Rehabilit= ation-Centre/134671693239334" target=3D"_blank">Facebook</a>=C2=A0and <a hr= ef=3D"https://twitter.com/CobequiWildlife" target=3D"_blank">Twitter</a><br= ></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div= ></div></div> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 10:08 PM, Judy <span= dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:tandove@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blan= k">tandove@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gm= ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-le= ft:1ex">As many of you know Bernard Forsythe has been helping Barred Owls i= n our<br> area for years, has his own owl nesting box in his backyard, three young<br= > were raised this year.=C2=A0 Most years after the young have fledged the ad= ults<br> tend to bring their family to our woods or close-by - we are only about a k= m<br> west of his property. Our woods obviously offer a substantial supply of<br> wildlife. About a week ago I woke in the early hours to hear much owl<br> vocalization indicating the family were here in the trees outside my bedroo= m<br> window.=C2=A0 Welcome sounds.<br> <br> <br> <br> You will be saddened to hear what happened to one of them. Yesterday<br> mid-morning (Tues) a visiting friend drew my attention to an unusual visito= r<br> sitting very still on our back patio. It was a banded fledgling Barred Owl<= br> but when it turned we could see it had a very badly broken wing with bone<b= r> protruding.=C2=A0 Here was this beautiful young bird with a mangled wing, q= ui