Good Day, Chester Owl here again.
I got to thinking the other day; I ought to mention that before I started this blog I told all about how I was trained as an Education Bird in Wildlife Rehabilitation & Release’s newsletter. You should read it. Go through the link to the website in the right panel on this page. Then go to the “News and Events” tab and click on “Newsletter”. I am in the Summer 2008 edition.
This past week has been very quiet. Bev takes me on short walks almost every day. I really love those walks. Bev lives on a small hill with lots of trees and brush. Bev comes into my mew and puts on jesses and a leash. I try to sit really still while she does it. When we are done she gives me a treat, usually a half of a “pinky” mouse. I take it right off of her glove. Oooo, yum, yum. Then we go for a walk. I like the trees. Bev says I sometimes get that faraway look and try to fly. I don’t go very far because I am tied to Bev’s glove with the leash. So I just turn around and go back to her safe glove. While we walk Bev talks to me. I love her soothing voice. Then we come back to my mew. Bev takes off my jesses and leash and tells me thank you for the nice walk and give me more mice! That is my favorite time.
Someone asked me what GHOW means. In the recordkeeping at the Raptor Clinic, they use abbreviations to identify birds. I don’t know why. I know who I am; I am a Great Horned Owl. In fact that is what GHOW means – G(reat)H(orned)OW(l). Get it? Like I said, I know I am not a Red Tailed Hawk or Spotted Owl or a Cooper’s Hawk and I definitely am not a Turkey Vulture!
I got to thinking the other day; I ought to mention that before I started this blog I told all about how I was trained as an Education Bird in Wildlife Rehabilitation & Release’s newsletter. You should read it. Go through the link to the website in the right panel on this page. Then go to the “News and Events” tab and click on “Newsletter”. I am in the Summer 2008 edition.
This past week has been very quiet. Bev takes me on short walks almost every day. I really love those walks. Bev lives on a small hill with lots of trees and brush. Bev comes into my mew and puts on jesses and a leash. I try to sit really still while she does it. When we are done she gives me a treat, usually a half of a “pinky” mouse. I take it right off of her glove. Oooo, yum, yum. Then we go for a walk. I like the trees. Bev says I sometimes get that faraway look and try to fly. I don’t go very far because I am tied to Bev’s glove with the leash. So I just turn around and go back to her safe glove. While we walk Bev talks to me. I love her soothing voice. Then we come back to my mew. Bev takes off my jesses and leash and tells me thank you for the nice walk and give me more mice! That is my favorite time.
Someone asked me what GHOW means. In the recordkeeping at the Raptor Clinic, they use abbreviations to identify birds. I don’t know why. I know who I am; I am a Great Horned Owl. In fact that is what GHOW means – G(reat)H(orned)OW(l). Get it? Like I said, I know I am not a Red Tailed Hawk or Spotted Owl or a Cooper’s Hawk and I definitely am not a Turkey Vulture!
I love food! Oh yes! My favorite right now is mice. I eat about three mice every day. Sometimes I get a rat, or a vole, or a gopher or even a quail. Did you know that GHOWs like to eat just about anything? Bev said GHOWs think the world is their buffet! But the very favorite thing I like – are you ready for this? – it is, SKUNK! Yes, I love skunk! However Bev just doesn’t want to give me one. She said she doesn’t want one within ten miles of our place. Boy is she particular! I guess I will just have to settle for squirrel.Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release has sure had a lot of things happening. When I got my educational license we also applied for educational licenses for a Red Tailed Hawk, named Shikoba, a Peregrine Falcon, named Gaia, and now an American crow named Sir Winston Churchill. I will tell you more about each one of them as time goes by.
Well that is all for this week. If you have a wildlife question or wildlife subject you would like me to talk about please email me. I think there is a “link” somewhere around this page. Thanks for reading my blog!
Chester
The Great Horned Owl
OK Bev, how do you turn this silly computer off?
The Great Horned Owl
OK Bev, how do you turn this silly computer off?
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