Baby Great Horned Owl Saved

NIce shot !!!!!!!!

Great shots Jeff. Did it sound like a grown up owl when it called?

fishhawk wrote in post #7795643
Wow awesome pictures, and what a great story to go with them.

Thanks...Jeff

gymell wrote in post #7795699
Cool story and hopefully that little owl stayed out of the road! Glad that people stopped for it and it didn't get run over.

A few summers ago I found a just-fledged flicker in the middle of the road and I put it back in the woods. It kept hopping back out in the road and I kept putting it back further in the woods. Eventually it seemed to stay there, and then the next day I was really worried that I'd see a squished baby flicker in the road! Thankfully I didn't, so I assumed it was ok. No photos though!

Its a great feeling to be able to help out. Hopefully I will be able to spot it again this weekend and know for sure its ok. I almost felt guilty about snapping any photos but I had to document this almost unbelievable story. Thanks for looking and sharing...Jeff

Lesmac wrote in post #7795943
Excellent image set, and a happy ending

Thanks...Jeff

edgar-Junior wrote in post #7796323
NIce shot !!!!!!!!

Thanks...Jeff

canonloader wrote in post #7796348
Great shots Jeff. Did it sound like a grown up owl when it called?

Thanks. Its funny you mentioned that because it didn't sound anything like an owl when I heard the calls, it was more like a deformed screech of a red tail hawk. However from the screech's I was able to locate the little guy again and got around 75ft away and heard something calling back. Differently was not a typical who-who though? Is it like a distress call?

Did it sound anything like this? I have this sound file, but forgot exactly what it is.

canonloader wrote in post #7796678
Did it sound anything like this? I have this sound file, but forgot exactly what it is.

It had more of a screech to it, I'm gonna keep searching the net, I'll post something if I find it...Jeff

colorfoto wrote in post #7796758
I agree,, that's a cute owl..

Thanks...Jeff

canonloader wrote in post #7796678
Did it sound anything like this? I have this sound file, but forgot exactly what it is.

I think I found a match to your sound file Mitch.
http://www.mirror-pole.com/collpage/gho/​gho_baby.htm

I do have a sound file like that one, but the one I posted above had a ghoharnk name, so I wasn't sure what it was.

Hear is very similar to how it sounded.
http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=_izPBiLQetk

Cool video.

Nice story and pics, I hope the little fella wasn't too traumatised by it all. Well done for stopping and helping

tac sharp. beautiful capture.

great story and cute owl for sure

Great shots and I am glad to here to correct approach was done with regards to the owl staying in the wild.
Cheers Glenn
www.gannet.ca

They had something on the local news here in St. Louis, MO that this was the time of the year that owls leave the nest. It appear that baby owls are being found around St. Louis. They said the samething you did about getting the owl out of the area of danger and the parents would return.