Baby owl season arrives early at Millington-based Raptor Trust
The Raptor Trust brought in a baby great horned owl on Thursday.
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With spring just one week away, baby owls are being taken in by wildlife rehabilitators.
Millington-based rescue The Raptor Trust brought in its first baby great horned owl of the season on Thursday.
Though great horned owls raise their young in traditional stick nests, they don't build the nests themselves. The rescue compared them to "pirates" of the bird world, taking over nests built by other species.
They often move into nests built by crows, red-tailed hawks and other raptors, and those borrowed nests aren't always in great shape. Babies will sometimes tumble out as a result.
Because of that, the rescue said they take in these fluffy baby owls fairly often. They will build makeshift owl nests secured high up in trees to reunite the babies with their parents, in a process called "re-nesting."
To learn more about The Raptor Trust, visit their website.
