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Wild versus Captive Birds in Photography – Keeping it Real, Keeping it Honest

By |2021-05-24T06:59:32-06:00January 18th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Peregrine Falcons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I've made it clear on my post about Galileo and in this post about Goose that they are education birds and in my photo galleries I have included this symbol (C) to indicate they are captive birds.

My Visit with Galileo the Short-eared Owl at HawkWatch International

By |2021-04-04T13:23:10-06:00January 12th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Salt Lake County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Galileo will be an education bird at HawkWatch International and he will help show people, young and old, in class rooms and community centers the importance of having owls and other raptors in our environment.

Meet Galileo – The Short-eared Owl Who Soon Graduates to Education Bird

By |2021-04-04T13:25:52-06:00December 17th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Nancy Blech Matro, outgoing Hawkwatch International Board Chair, contacted me yesterday to share news with me about Galileo the Short-eared Owl I had a small part in rescuing.

Update on the Injured Short-eared Owl Fledgling

By |2023-04-24T15:27:10-06:00July 2nd, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm so sorry this Short-eared Owl fledgling won't be released like the Barn Owl I helped to rescue in Montana but rescuing it from the barbed wire was still the right thing to do.

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