A challenging recovery<\/p>\n
Wildlife Haven has announced that the owl was officially released back into the wild after successfully recovering from her injuries.<\/p>\n
The owl arrived in March with a severe wing fracture and a poor prognosis.<\/p>\n
“Our team wasn’t sure if she would fly again, but our veterinarian, Dr. Casey, took on the challenge,” Wildlife Haven stated in a social media update.<\/p>\n
The Northern Hawk Owl sitting in a tree near Richer after recovering from a significant wing injury. (Photo Credit: Wildlife Haven)<\/p>\n
The recovery process proved difficult, in part because of the owl’s determined personality.<\/p>\n
Wildlife Haven says the bird repeatedly removed her own bandages and wing wraps, making treatment challenging. To solve the problem, Dr. Casey designed and hand-crafted a special “scarf” collar that prevented the owl from reaching the splint.<\/p>\n
The custom solution allowed the injury to heal properly while the owl remained on strict cage rest.<\/p>\n
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Back in the air<\/p>\n
Following weeks of healing and physical therapy, the owl’s wing recovered sufficiently for the next stage of rehabilitation.<\/p>\n
In April, she was moved to an outdoor flight enclosure where she could rebuild her strength and stamina.<\/p>\n
Last week, the owl was returned to the area where she was found.<\/p>\n
Wildlife Haven reports that upon release, she flew into the woods and perched in a nearby tree, demonstrating that she had regained the flight abilities necessary to survive in the wild.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Rare visitor to southern Manitoba<\/p>\n
The rehabilitation centre noted that Northern Hawk Owls are uncommon in southern Manitoba.<\/p>\n
The species typically inhabits northern boreal forests and is known for its hawk-like hunting style and daytime activity. The injured owl weighed less than one pound, roughly the size of a large pigeon.<\/p>\n
The bird’s successful release marks a positive outcome after what initially appeared to be a potentially career-ending injury for a wild raptor that depends entirely on flight to hunt and survive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rare owl that was seriously injured near Richer earlier this year has made a remarkable recovery at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":721200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-721199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}