A Great Horned Owl owlet fell 100 feet from its nest on Pittsburgh's Panther Hollow Bridge and injured its tongue. After rehabilitation at Tamarack Wildlife Center, it was returned to a nest near its parents in Schenley Park. The six-week-old bird is three weeks from fledging.
Hey, it's Don at WDO Photography. I'm in Pittsburgh's Schenley Park, and I want to show you a Great Horned Owl owlet which fell out of its nest and was rehabbed and has now been put back for its parents to take care of it here in Schenley. So come with me. So this owlet was in a nest up on the Panther Hollow Bridge. It fell about 100 feet, had an injury to Its tongue in its beak. It was rehabbed by some great people at Tamarack Wildlife Center, I think is the name, up north of Pittsburgh closer to Erie. They did an amazing job, and then along with the city, they returned it close enough to its parents where it can be taken care of by them. Now it's a Close to fledgling. It's, I think, about 6 weeks old, so it is going to be ready to begin to leave the nest. It's hopping around right now, so it's left its little makeshift nest. So as you can see, I am very close. It's just right up there behind me. Let's see what pictures we can get here. Without disturbing him. 60 seconds left. So there's a large crowd that has gathered. You can kind of see them behind me there. Everybody is really interested in seeing these owls. They're so cute, I, you know, I can't blame them. I'm trying to keep a little bit of distance and keep a bit quiet because, you know, Papa, who just landed up in the tree up there, is hopefully gonna bring some food. Although we haven't heard the baby make any noises recently. So actually, some folks that have been here for more than an hour, so they haven't heard her make a single peep. So, um, so we'll see what happens. So I'm going to show you guys why this baby is off on its own, and that's because about 2 weeks ago it fell from the bridge up here, which, as you can see, It's pretty significantly high there behind me, so it's about 100 feet that it fell. Thankfully wasn't seriously hurt and was able to be rehabbed and then installed in this nest where they've put it here. Didn't get to see Papa bring it any food, but that's fine. We'll see, we'll see what happens in the next few weeks. It should be about 3 weeks before it's ready to fly, so I'm gonna come out here A couple more times and, and just keep an eye on it, try to keep my distance. It's, you know, I don't know if anyone else is going to do that because it is kind of clear that there's people kind of gathered very close by. The baby does not seem to be too disturbed. I keep calling it a baby, but really it's about a 6-week-old owlet, which again, at 9 weeks they're They're leaving the, the nest to fly on their own. So, um, with that, thank you so much for watching and stay tuned for more on Great Horned Owls and other birds and wildlife and whatever other crazy creepy stuff I put out. So thanks again. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
