Shamelessly stolen from mastodon post about protection efforts in Czech Republic.
I also love that handful of owl from the source post.
this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2024
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@An owl in the hand is worth errr two in the guidebook?
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Made me think of the meme where the reporter matches the police sketch 😆
I went to go find that meme and found a "police sketch lolz" thread where this one seemed more to match the OP
I like this one. The one I was thinking of felt a bit too racist caricature for me to want to post the actual pic when I went to look it up, and other copycats just looked too goofy. This one seems to navigate the grey area nicely.
Yeah I thought so too - and I love how my brain is like "Oh c'mon, that doesn't even . . . actually . . "
Lil homie looking like "How dare you, sir! Unhand me this instant!"
Never have I seen an owl more poised to erupt in a supernova of owly rage.
They are calm and easy to handle, according to the article in czech.
It's not a book, it's a collection of Wanted posters.
Identifying Owls with simple tools
"Yep, it's an owl"
That's the face of a lad who's been GOT
Does it say superb under my picture? It does doesn’t it?
How do you catch an owl like that? Just reach up into a tree and grab one? Seems risky…
Politely ask them to come down for identification and show them your forest ranger badge.
Usually they'll catch birds for surveys with thin mist nets. But idk how to catch owls unless they caught him at nighttime haha
Ahhhh okay. So I take it they watch the nets quietly nearby so they can grab the birds before they struggle too much and injure themselves? So for owls you just need a lot of coffee!
Yes, they are checked very frequently. There is a ton of licensing and permitting required, so the researchers wish to steer clear of trouble. Mist nets are very regulated, as they are used for poaching as well.
They are sized for different animals, and the birds will be lured with a call into the net, where they bounce off and get caught in a pocket. They're then retrieved and taken to a station to be measured and banded.
You can see my previous write up here, or there is this page all about mist nets.
"It says here you're wanted for stalking and pellet littering."
"What? I needed the money! Everybody's doing it these days! You're not the boss of me!"
Different beak than what’s shown on the page, so I am guessing flipping pages to find the right page may be a tad awkward
this is so cute it hurts a little
It’s like holding an ice cream cone.