onigiri

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Rabies seriously freaks me out, but those baby raccoons are so cute! I love reading about your experiences volunteering. It sounds like you’re really enjoying it. I haven’t been keeping up with posts lately, so maybe I missed it, but did your free squirrels ever settle down? 😂

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

These are all great, but I especially love this one. ❤️

As a side note, my lemmy instance is shutting down at the end of the month, so I have to find a new home. I’m not too worried about that, but I’m not sure what will happen to my posts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Why no flame sword?!?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These are lovely.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Really cool. It sounds like there is a large variety of animals there. Owl pellets are very interesting. My daughter’s class did an activity with them when she was younger. They are almost like lint balls + mouse/vole bones. That mama opossum got a better Mother’s Day dinner than I did, lol. Also, free squirrels?! ❤️

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Very cool! Are these at the rescue you volunteer at?

This year I would like to see Snowy or Barn Owl win.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So real. Teen kids are harsh.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I love to hear about land being transformed back to nature/re-wilded. There is a ex-golf course near me that this has been done to. I don’t know where its funding comes from, but hopefully the non-profit in charge will be able to continue their work. It makes such a difference to have a bit of nature in urban areas.

Great to hear about the owl population rebounding as well! And the reduced usage of rat poison.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Its dinosaur roots are showing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good to see that bewildered look on one. They are still cute, but perhaps not as cute.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

This is beautiful. 🧡

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (5 children)

This one looks much more judgy than the Northern one. It kind of looks like a cross between the juvenile Northern Saw Whet and the grown up one. Like the edgy teenage version.

 

Seems like there is no good solution to this situation.

 

Flaco update this morning. Cities are full of hazards for birds of prey. It was nice to think of Flaco being free and living his best life, but he would have been safer in the zoo. I still can’t say that seems like the better option. The enclosures for owls always seem so small in zoos.

 

Sad news this morning. I know he faced many dangers in NYC, but had hoped he’d survive. 😢

 

Here is an article from The New York Times about a Eurasian Eagle Owl that escaped a zoo and was living in Central Park. Lots of great photos!

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