Baby Great Horned Owls Get Human Care

Veterinarians at Washington State University are raising nine tiny great horned owls whose nests have been destroyed. The baby owls are rarely seen by the public because adult owls make it difficult to get near a nest.

Published

about 2 years ago

Categories

Science, Wildlife

Topics

Wildlife

Places

United States of America

Tags

owls, animal

Transcript

Script[SOT/:DR. NICKOL FINCH / VETERINARIAN, WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY][Notes:PULLMAN, WASHINGTON]"we typically get between six and ten baby great horned owls every year...this is the first year in the ten years that i've been here when we've seen them this young...usually more along the lines of fledgling or what i call a brancher...where they are out of their nest and they are on their own....and those guys are almost adult sized and have brown fuzzy feathers instead of these gray things we've got right now."(****END****) VIDEO PRODUCER: ned barker---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: handout - washington state university-----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: ned barker----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: none---------------------------------- EMBARGO: none--------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: v8140AP-WA--Owl Babies,113