Ailing snowy owl found in Omaha, now recuperated, heads north to freedom (with photos)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130307/NEWS/703079902/1685#ailing-snowy-owl-found-in-omaha-now-recuperated-heads-north-to-freedom

By Mark Davis

ELMWOOD, Neb. — A sickly snowy owl found in downtown Omaha last fall is healthy again and just a car ride away from freedom.

Members of Raptor Recovery Nebraska were called to capture the owl last November near the CenturyLink Center. Far from its normal habitat hundreds of miles north of Omaha, the bird was dehydrated and emaciated.

Janet Stander had very little hope that the owl would survive when it arrived at the Raptor Recovery Nebraska headquarters here.

“It was really on the edge. It could have gone either way,” said Stander, assistant rehabilitation coordinator.

Click for a photo slideshow of the snowy owl's release: http://odc.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=5002&p=4371

FULL story at link.

[lunatica]

1. That's a beautiful bird

thanks for posting this story.

[Scuba]

2. Great pics. Thanks, Steve

[TwilightGardener]

3. Wonderful, I remember when you brought this story here last fall.

[frylock]

4. Hedwig