Wednesday, August 29, 2012

A Raptor Success Story

Remember my post from April 29th about the Great Horned Owl I rescued that was caught in a soccer net? It turns out "he" is a "she".

Well, today the kiddos, the Wife and I got to witness her release back into the wild! 

A man named Hank brought her back from The Raptor Center, where she has spent the summer recovering from her soccer net adventure. They had called me to do it yesterday morning, but I was out on an Ode hunt with the family and missed the call.

That's OK though, because at least I got to see her fly free again, and was able to get some pictures!

Hank gets her out of the carrier.

She keeps a careful eye on him as he tosses her into the air.  The kiddos loved seeing this.

FLYING FREE!

She took off immediately for the nearby forest.

She was also a VERY fast flier!

The owl and me back in April.

A beautiful creature returned to her home.
 
 
More Later

2 comments:

Grammy said...

This brought tears to my eyes... and you know how I feel about birds! So glad you and the kids were able to witness this flight of freedom...she was so lucky to have had you in her life!

Grammy said...

This brought tears to my eyes... and you know how I feel about birds! So glad you and the kids were able to witness this flight of freedom...she was so lucky to have had you in her life!