Fw: Do owls carry their chicks?

Dear all Here is a comment from Steve Debus Regards Shirley Cook —– Original Message —– From: “Steve Debus” <sdebus@une.edu.au> To: “Shirley Cook” <shirleycook@skymesh.com.au> Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 10:06 AM Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Do owls carry their chicks? > Hi Shirley, > > I can’t recall specifics, but I think I’ve heard of circumstantial > evidence that this might have happened occasionally in raptors or owls. > However, owlets even when they appear to be a ball of fluffy feathers > might well have flight feathers grown enough to flutter and scramble > about, and get themselves back in the nest. If they end up low down they > can scramble back up trees. This is why apparently ‘orphaned’ or > ‘abandoned’ owlets and other fledglings on or near the ground should > simply be put in a safe place up a tree near where found (out of reach of > cats, dogs, foxes etc.), instead of being misguidedly ‘rescued’ and taken > into care and and-reared. The parents usually find and feed them and > guide them to a safer place, and they will be able to fly better in a day > or two. > > Cheers, > > Steve > > > > —–Original Message—– > From: Shirley Cook [mailto:shirleycook@skymesh.com.au] > Sent: Sunday, 10 May 2015 7:03 AM > To: Steve Debus > Subject: Fw: [Birding-Aus] Do owls carry their chicks? > > Any comment Steve? > > —– Original Message —– > From: “Martin Butterfield” <martinflab@gmail.com> > To: “birding-aus NEW” <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> > Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2015 5:57 PM > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Do owls carry their chicks? > > >>I have just read a story in The English Garden magazine in which an owlet, >> described as “ä little ball of fluffy feathers” – and thus presumably >> flightless – appears to have been plucked from a box beside an open >> window >> by its parents and returned to the nest hollow. I have tried to find >> out >> if this is possible but Uncle Google has been uncooperative. Do members >> of >> this group have any knowledge of owls (Australian or British) carrying >> their descendant chicks back to the nest? >> >> I have recorded a recently fledged Tawny Frogmouth chick that had fallen >> on >> to the ground rejoining its family >> , but that >> is a bit different to an unfledged chick being extracted from a box. >> >> Martin Butterfield >> http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/ >>

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