Dead owl

[winstonwobble]

Found a dead owl in my yard this morning only looked like a youngster (not very big) but was in good condition and it hadnt been shot , it was really stormy here last night wounder if its flown into something . When i picked it up this morning it had a ring on it from the british museum in london with an id number will have to give them a ring on Monday must be monetering them round here.

[Two_Sheds]

wow.
Link here on what to do: The Barn Owl Trust - What to do if you find a dead owl

[Nicos]

Aww...what a shame- poor thing
It'll be interested to see what they say.
Beautiful things aren't they??- was it a Barn owl???

[SlugLobber]

Poor thing. Most of this year's owls will be full grown, now. Could it be a Little Owl?

[Scunny Zeb]

Found a dead owl in my yard this morning only looked like a youngster (not very big) but was in good condition.

I know what you mean,
but it sounds so strange to say that something that's dead is in good condition.

[Nicos]

I know what you mean,
but it sounds so strange to say that something that's dead is in good condition.

Clearly an instant death then!

[Polly Fouracre]

What a sad find. I found an injured barn owl many years ago and took it to the vet. He 'phoned later to say that it had gangrene in one wing and what did I want him to do, put it to sleep or amputate the wing and send it to a sanctuary.
I don't know what you would have done but I imagined him in an aviary somewhere desperate for his freedom and asked the vet. to put him to sleep.
A lot of birds of prey fall victim to foul weather, unable to find enough food or being blown around and injured but more often than not die where their bodies are never found.

[Hilary B]

What a sad find. I found an injured barn owl many years ago and took it to the vet. He 'phoned later to say that it had gangrene in one wing and what did I want him to do, put it to sleep or amputate the wing and send it to a sanctuary.
I don't know what you would have done but I imagined him in an aviary somewhere desperate for his freedom and asked the vet. to put him to sleep.
A lot of birds of prey fall victim to foul weather, unable to find enough food or being blown around and injured but more often than not die where their bodies are never found.

I reckon it is anthropomorpising to assume that a creature will feel desperate for freedom. Some kinds will be that way, some won't. Quite a lot of barn owls end up life-long captives, because strictly speaking you need consent to re-release one once it has been 'captured' (even for medical reasons), and places where they can be released without harm to resident populations are getting hard to find.
That said, I would have made the same decision, because it would lose FLIGHT and barn owls are not birds that might perhaps be content without.

[winstonwobble]

looked on the web site barn owl trust and yes it was a barn owl must have been full grown but they look so much bigger when you see them flying

[Headfry]

Dont want to hijack but.........We work in a lovely glass 2 story building and have noticed that owls seem to be flying into the glass......No bodies have been found yet, but there are foxes around.

1/ some think they are attacking their reflection, and not flying straight into the glass
2/ are they likely to survive?
3/ what if anything can be done to stop this

It upsets me to see such a beautiful but possibly deadly imprint on the windows (3 now)

[porterlizz]

I went on an owl prowl last night at Folly Farm near Bristol. We saw a barn owl, and heard several tawny owls. Our guide said that the body of a barn owl is a lot smaller in proportion to it's wings, than several of the other owls - probably why they look so much larger flying.

p.s. if anyone lives in the Bristol area, I can definitely recommend checking out the Owl Prowl (Folly Farm | Adult Courses). Only £10.

[winstonwobble]

Had a lovely message today from the museum people thanked me for reporting it and are going to send me details of where the owl was from age etc

[Two_Sheds]

owls seem to be flying into the glass....what if anything can be done to stop this

This kind of thing?
WindowAlert.com

[Headfry]

Hi Winstonwobble please let us know the details when you get them!

[organic]

Some will think it a rather grim thing to do, but a friend of mine told me how to get the bird's head down to just the skull.

I don't remember all the details, I seem to remember something about a hole in the base of the skull to get the brains out but otherwise it was simply a matter of putting it in a tub of pond water and letting the micro organisms in there do their work. I can't remember how long it took, maybe a few weeks. I can't really remember.

She has a few mounted on a board (all natural deaths as far as I'm aware - she's not some nutcase who goes round killing them) and it's interesting, if you like that kind of thing.