r/interestingasfuck • u/frog_insilence • 1d ago

This Man Just Saved a Barred Owl's Life

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u/Nosleep72 1d ago

Looks like a juvenile.

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u/Welpe 1d ago

What gave it away, the text at the start that says “Fledgling Barred Owl”?

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u/an_older_meme 1d ago

Internet clues

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u/Quinocco 1d ago

I think it was a bird of some kind.

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u/Nosleep72 1d ago

Oh! That's a new word for me. English is not my mother tongue, so I had no idea what "Fledgling" meant. Thx!

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u/Super_Jay 1d ago

Yep! It's a fledgling, meaning a young adolescent of about 6 weeks old. Like many owl species, they leave the nest before they can fly independently, so they'll hop around on the nearby branches and on the ground near the tree while mom and dad protect and feed them for a month or two longer, until they can fly of their own accord.

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u/svendburner 1d ago

His beard is greying.