Great horned owl rescue

 How ironic it was that i was just talking about wanting to get a photo of an owl on one of my camera traps when the phone rang.

Just another night sittin on the couch getting ready to put my son to bed and the call comes in "big owl stuck in the fence", i'll be right there. loaded the family in the car and split. From the looks of it the owl was swooping down to get some prey and overlooked the barbed wire fence.  

the scene upon arrival

 There were so many tiny feathers right at the base of the wing that it was hard to locate the source of the problem it took awhile to find the punture to be able to free it. the photo above shows the owl turning its head up to try and see what was going on, it was suprisingly docile during the whole thing. the owl had its talons locked onto the towel and the fence most of the time it was cool being able to see them that close.

 When i freed up the pucture i gave the owl an opportunity to fly away but its wing feathers were hooked around the fence so i wrapped the towel around it and lifted it off then the owl had its talons loocked onto the towel and was hanging from it so i slowly lowered it to the ground so it could get its footing then the owl rushed underneath the fence and flew away looking quite spry. 

The best part besides saving a life was getting to look at those big yellow eyes close up.