{"id":309764,"date":"2026-10-19T10:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309764\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:56:12","slug":"smaller-the-bird-the-bigger-the-attitude-screech-owl-saved-from-cold-pa-swimming-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309764\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Smaller the bird, the bigger the attitude&#8217;: Screech owl saved from cold PA swimming pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 One of Pennsylvania&#8217;s tiniest owls, rescued from a cold swimming pool, was deemed ready to return to the wild last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ravenridgewildlife\/posts\/pfbid028N6tZmP9kFhq1JxVEVakAbd16hsruqkWA6mB5HS71koXazk2LCrJFFBK7GeUoiqel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Raven Ridge Wildlife Center<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>An Eastern Screech Owl was rescued from a frigid swimming pool by a game warden and brought back to the wildlife center. At the time of rescue, the warden wasn&#8217;t sure if the little owl was still alive.<\/p>\n<p>After several hours of effort, rehabilitation officials at Raven Ridge were able to get the owl warm and dry. Following a careful examination, officials said they were relieved to find the owl had no injuries; it was just exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>A few days of fluids, rest, and tasty food were just what the owl needed. It showed it was ready to go back to the wild, the wildlife center said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The smaller the bird, the bigger the attitude,&#8221; Raven Ridge wrote in the announcement. &#8220;The Eastern Screech Owl may be small, but it has a big personality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the sanctuary, those little owls are clever and sometimes &#8220;play dead&#8221; as a way to protect themselves when threatened or scared. <\/p>\n<p>Eastern Screech Owls often come in two colors: gray, which is most common in Pennsylvania, and red.<\/p>\n<p>These little birds often eat more than 1,000 mice per year and play a vital role in helping to control small mammal populations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 One of Pennsylvania&#8217;s tiniest owls, rescued from a cold swimming pool, was deemed ready to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-309764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}