Story
This Male Eastern
Screech Owl was hit by a car near Fredericksburg,
Virginia in May of 2003. He was determined to be non-releaseable
because of severe loss of vision in both eyes.
Smoke is an outstanding education bird who is totally
relaxed around people. Being relatively small (8 inches
tall), totally non-threatening in size and demeanor
to even very small children, and with a high "cuteness"
factor, he is a regular and often requested participant
in RCV education presentations.
Smoke comfortably flies around his small flight cage,
and downs his ration of 2 or 3 small mice per night.
He is a very vocal owl, and in season (December-February)
he serenades us with
screech owl territorial calls after dusk. A fun
little guy!
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