Tag: owl
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Ash the Owl released back to wild after fire displacement
Ash the Owl, the tiny, wide eyed flammulated owl who was displaced by the Aspen Acres fire last month, has finished his rehabilitation period and spread his wings with his new flock Wednesday evening. When Ash was brought to the Raptor Center in Pueblo, a branch of the Nature and Wildlife Discovery Center, in July,…
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Meet Ash, the 1 oz. owl saved from the Aspen Acres fire
On July 12, as hundreds of firefighters were battling the seventh-largest wildfire in Colorado history, one crew member rescued one of the smallest babies in the state. Ash the owl was too young to fly away when he was saved from the Aspen Acres blaze, which has since surpassed 101,000 acres. Ash is a fledgling…
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Great horned owl found tangled in string, hanging upside down in Colorado Springs tree gets happy ending
Colorado Parks and Wildlife had a “hoot” Tuesday rescuing a owl out of a tree in Colorado Springs. With the assistance of three featherless friends, a great horned owl made it back down to safety. The owl was tangled in string and hanging upside down from a tree. Officers Travis Sauder and Deme McDowell were…
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VIDEO | Owl stuck under cartop carrier
Castle Rock fire fighters dislodge an owl from underneath a cartop luggage carrier. (Video courtesy of Castle Rock Professional Firefighters)