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PHOTOS: Injured Owl Healing at Sweetbriar
Bird found in Fort Salonga backyard convalescing at local nature center.
According to an article in Newsday, a great horned owl that was caught in a soccer net in the backyard of a home in Fort Salonga was taken to Sweetbriar Nature Center to be nursed back to health.
“The owl, which got its entire 2-foot frame stuck in the rope netting, cannot fly upward and apparently suffered a muscle pull, said Janine Bendicksen, director of wildlife rehabilitation at Sweetbriar Nature Center, which is caring for the bird,” reported Newsday.
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Click through the gallery of photos above provided to Patch by Smithtown Animal Shelter and Sweetbriar Nature Center of the owl after it was rescued.
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Also, contact Ed Sambolin, president of Sweetbriar's nature photography club at (631) 439-0812 for their regular meeting times and more information on taking nature photos.
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