A Burrowing Owl was evacuated shortly before hurricane Milton flooded CROW campus in Sanibel, FL. The wildlife hospital continued triage at a temp site until the waters receded and power was restored. Want to donate to CROW? crowclinic.org/support-crow Source: fb.com/106815280135... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A windswept baby owl received a check-up and a new nest at Wildside Rehabilitation and Education in Eaton Rapids, Michigan. Mother owl returned to the nest within 2 hours. Want to donate to Wildside? wildsidemi.org/wishlist Source: fb.com/964374065884... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

Believe it or not, these are all different owls Seven Tawny Owls rescued in the same year and cared for by Stephanie Callister-Jarrold at Owls and Birds of Prey, UK 🇬🇧 Want to donate to their cause? owlsandbirdsofpreyrescue.co.uk/funding #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A Moist Owlette is freshly showered at Owl Park San Vigilio, a zoological park in northern Italy 🇮🇹 via fb.com/816647270688... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

Another #SuperbOwl for you this Sunday, this one from New England was freed from a chimney cavity and needed an eye wash from all the soot. A good reminder to install chimney caps! Want to donate to New England Wildlife Center? newildlife.org/donate/ Source: fb.com/451341887540... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A #SuperbOwl for you this Sunday, from near Seattle WA Found on the ground and taken in. "After some medication and a stomach full of food, his fire has started coming back." Want to donate to West Sound Wildlife Shelter? westsoundwildlife.org/donate Source: fb.com/973183951512... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

What a Transformation 🛁 After careful treatment for flaky skin this Ruru / Morepork was readied for release, thanks to coordinated efforts by Wellington Zoo wellingtonzoo.com/support-us/d... and Wildbase Recovery wildbaserecovery.co.nz/help-us/donate Source: fb.com/101585508645... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

From discombobulated on admission, to vocal and feisty on release, this Northern Hawk Owl at Bird TLC returned to the skies with a clean bill of health. Want to donate to Bird Treatment and Learning Center? birdtlc.org/donate Source: fb.com/961444549357... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

An Australian Boobook fledgling was found severely underweight and with parasites. Boobook Wildlife Shelter later posted she was looking much better and recovering well in rehab. Source: fb.com/638579802156... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A Great Horned Owl at Owl Ridge Raptor Center, Tennessee posted with the caption "Someone did not want to take their medicine and therefore, must be placed in the burrito of towel. He was thrilled." Want to donate to ORRC? owlridge.org/ways-to-donate Source: fb.com/101623875111... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

One of the patients at Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital – a beautiful Barn Owl and "not just a sight to behold; they play a crucial role in our ecosystem by controlling rodent populations" Want to donate to BBWH? byronbaywildlifehospital.org/donate Source: fb.com/801122605510... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A hatch-year Eastern Screech Owl recovering from a window strike. Wings Wildlife posted her with many other birds of prey, urging to help resupply stocks of frozen rats and mice. Want to donate to Wings Wildlife? wingswildlifecentre.com/donate Source: fb.com/833227389002... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A Long-eared Owl at Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge in NJ. Sadly he succumbed to injuries from vehicle strike. Stories like his, though not having the desired outcome, are an important reality of wildlife rehabilitation work. To donate to Cedar Run visit cedarrun.org/get-involved... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

"So, an owl got into my parent's house" u/Ojierda posted on r/aww. The Striped Owl in southern Brazil was wrapped up - no apparent injuries but "it did make a mess" they said. "After a little while they calmed it down" before releasing outside. Source: reddit.com/r/aww/commen... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

Three Owls in Orange County Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center sent these gorgeous pics of Great Horned Owls patients, referring to them as their "problem children". Aren't they great? For those who wish to donate to WWCC visit wwccoc.org/donate.html #owlsintowels 💛🦉

The season’s first orphaned Ruru was admitted to Birdcare Aotearoa's nursery. BCA says with food, rest, and flight practice this feisty youngster can be released in a safe location. Want to donate? birdcareaotearoa.org.nz/donate/ Video source: instagram.com/p/DR-9wwck0OQ #owlsintowels 💛🦉 🇳🇿

Great Horned Owl tangled in a soccer net. No fractures but heavy swelling in soft tissues due to struggling. Congress of the Birds advises "Taking nets down when not in use can prevent these injuries." Want to donate? www.congressofthebirds.org Source: fb.com/102301306190... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

Luna the Spectacled Owl is the resident matriarch raptor at Belize Raptor Center, going on 30 years wise. Here she's wrapped so the carers can trim her beak as it had "gotten a bit too long." Want to donate to BRC? belizeraptorcenter.org/donate/ Source: sent in #owlsintowels 💛🦉 🇧🇿

Rocky the Owl was a surprise stowaway in a giant spruce tree transported from upstate NY to 30 Rock Plaza. The owl was rescued by a worker and rehabilitated by Ellen at Ravensbeard. More at owlsintowels.org/rocky-the-xm... Want to donate to RWC? givebutter.com/ravensbeard-... #owlsintowels 💛🦉🎄

Morley the Morepork is released by Judy Fentress, of Judy's Bird Nursery at The Sculpture Park along the Waitakaruru Stream in the Waikato region NZ. Full video: youtu.be/vU1-EmBnCA4 #owlsintowels 💛🦉 🇳🇿

Another Morepork / Ruru being cared for by Judy Fentress. This one is very young and still has his baby fluff. Judy was featured in a Department of Conservation (DOC) blogpost celebrating her years of dedication to New Zealand native birds: blog.doc.govt.nz/2023/04/11/j... #owlsintowels 💛🦉 🇳🇿

After decades of dedicated service, Judy's Bird Nursery in the Waikato region of NZ is closing operations. A huge thanks to Judy Fentress for her extraordinary and invaluable work helping native birds. Pictured is a Ruru in a towel by u/NewZealandDunc i.redd.it/4m2og4cw1i3g... #owlsintowels 💛🦉 🇳🇿

Barbed-wire tore this Short Eared Owl's wing, but expert vet care and suturing of wounds in a surgical suite funded by donors gave this cutie the best chance at release. Want to donate to Discovery Bay WBR? discoverybaywildbirdrescue.com/donate Source: instagram.com/p/CVgy6iIvoC0/ #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A Brown Boobook is admitted for injuries from a window collision. He's burrito-wrapped in a towel with an expression vaguely reminiscent of a certain Studio Ghibli character... Original post by Chungnam Wild Animal Rescue Center in Korea 🇰🇷 Source: fb.com/860196862802... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

Volunteers for Rocky Point Bird Observatory 🇨🇦 are banding tiny Northern Saw-whet Owls for research. They gently examine the nocturnal birds, and check feathers under UV to help find their age. Want to donate? rpbo.org/donate/ Source: instagram.com/p/DPWyQEBEsRo 📷 SHEENA DAVIES #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A pair of retired Great Horned Owls, Alice (28) and Iris (20+) get their beaks and talons trimmed at the International Owl Center in Houston, Minnesota. Want to donate to IOC? internationalowlcenter.org/donate.html Source: fb.com/125729527310... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A rufous (red) Eastern Screech Owl mending from a car collision that fractured his wing and foot. Doc's Vet wrote "He has just woken up from surgery. Send him good healing vibes!" Want to donate to Doc's Veterinary Wildlife? venmo.com/u/docsveteri... Source: fb.com/122110877906... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

A Barred Owl in care at Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research with notably large black eyes is photographed prior to being released. Want to donate to Tri-State? tristatebird.org/donate/ Source: fb.com/102322002983... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

An Endangered African Grass Owl with a fractured leg (hit by a combine harvester). Vets near Pretoria 🇿🇦 got her leg stable so she could hopefully heal at Owl Rescue Centre and get back home ASAP. Want to donate to ORC? owlrescuecentre.org.za/Donate/ Source: fb.com/561681345834... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

Think Wild posted a juvenile Northern Saw-Whet Owl noting she was well-flighted and eating live prey. A week later she was self-feeding and hunting crickets, with mouse tests next. 🦗🍴 Want to donate to Think Wild Central Oregon? thinkwildco.org/donate/ Source: fb.com/125479683001... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

Native animals like this Australian Masked Owl are the unintended victims of commonly available rat and mice poisons ☠️ in a report by ABC "Despair Over Owl Deaths as Regulator in Fourth Year of Rat Bait Review" Want to donate to Capes Raptor Centre? Source: fb.com/watch/?v=194... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

Calendar round-up of the 31 days of #Owltober 🕸️👻🦉 Happy #Owloween! Higher res available at owlsintowels.org/owltober-2025/

Happy #Owloween! It's the 31st of #Owltober and we've saved one of the best for last: A wet Ruru Owl at Wildbase Recovery after a bath for flaky skin. Pics pre- and post- blowdry are night and day. Want to donate? wildbaserecovery.co.nz/help-us/dona... Source: fb.com/389992264669... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

30th of Owltober! A car-hit Barred Owl was admitted to Acadiana Wildlife, and soon had an owl buddy to recover with. "They are both about to get a baby to foster until they are ready to release." Want to donate? acadianawildlife.org/donate Source: fb.com/821622216676... #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉

29th of Owltober! A Pygmy Owl had a close call with a car window. Although "a bit dazed from his wild ride" he soon got the all-clear from the Dove Lewis team in Portland, Oregon. Want to donate to Dove Lewis? dovelewis.org/donors Source: fb.com/121067755062... #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

A Tawny Owlet came to Suffolk Owl Sanctuary starving but after a bath and careful feeding he began to improve and gain weight. He also had another clutch mate to recover with. Want to donate? owl-help.org.uk/onwards-upwa... Source: owl-help.org.uk/blog/2020/6/... #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

27th of Owltober! A Great Horned Owl was tangled in netting, so Jackson County Animal Shelter cut his talons free. He was returned to where he was found, pictured taking flight. Want to donate? jacksoncountyanimalshelter.org Source: fb.com/122187961652... #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

26th of Owltober! A Pueo or Hawaiian Short-Eared Owl is wrapped up in a towel for his morning treatment at Hawai‘i Wildlife Center. Want to donate? www.hawaiiwildlifecenter.org/donate.html Source: fb.com/118718517011... #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

25th of Owltober! Boobook sightings were up due to mild weather and no. of rodents about. A stern warning from Perth Wildlife Hospital: Don't use rodent poisons! They kill other animals & birds of prey. Want to donate? www.pwh.org.au/donate/ Source: fb.com/315245079812... #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉

24th of Owltober! Ozark Bird Conservancy is banding and monitoring Saw-Whet Owls so they can study the migrations and "habits of these cryptic and poorly understood birds" Want to donate? ozarkbirdconservancy.org/donate/ Source: instagram.com/p/DDGwoq2O8ti/ #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

23rd of Owltober! Surgery in Saratoga. A Great Horned Owl became entangled in a soccer net, requiring multiple operations on his foot and leg during care at Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA. Want to donate? phs-spca.org/donate Source: phs-spca.org/great-horned... #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween 💛🦉

22nd of Owltober! A Ruru Morepork in a marshmell-owl pink towel was treated by Bird Rescue Whanganui Manawatu. The owl was found under a car at Rotokawau Virginia Lake, New Zealand 🇳🇿🥝 Want to donate? birdrescue.co.nz/donate/ Source: fb.com/831810205641... #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween💛🦉

21st of Owltober! NYC Park rangers rescued a young Great Horned Owl. He was treated at Wild Bird Fund for suspected rodenticide poisoning, and sent to The Raptor Trust for longer term care. Want to donate to WBF? wildbirdfund.org/how-to-help Source: fb.com/862520519253... #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉

20th of Owltober! Long-Eared Owl treated for eye injuries. He recovered vision but missed his migration, so overwintered at AIWC 🇨🇦 to be released in spring. Want to donate to Alberta Inst. of Wildlife Conservation? aiwc.ca/support-us/ Source: Newsletter Vol. 24 | Issue 1 #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉

19th of Owltober! FreeMe Wildlife 🇿🇦 admitted an "especially stroppy" Spotted Eagle Owl fledgling named "Eyeball". They put her in a towel burrito so they could treat a small wound on her neck. Want to donate? freemewildlife.org/donation-page/ Source: fb.com/120617497820... #owlsintowels #owltober💛🦉

18th of Owltober! A Snowy Owl had a bad case of rodenticide poisoning (low blood count and a small wound not clotting). DuPage Wildlife aided her recovery with Vitamin K treatment and expert care. Want to donate? dupageforest.org/friends Source: fb.com/303982608437... #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉

17th of Owltober! Ever seen a wet owl? Very unfortunate how this Great Horned got into this situation (he was submerged in petroleum), but the pics from Wild Heart Ranch are too good not to share 🧼🛁 Want to donate? 4thewild.org/how-to-help/ Source: fb.com/106306376251... #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉

16th of Owltober! A Barn Owl was chased by crows and flew into a library window in Melbourne, AU. The Wildlife Rescuers took him in and he recovered well, happily eating mice before release 🐁 Want to donate? wildliferescuers.org.au/donate/ Source: fb.com/665190185636... #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉

15th of Owltober! After weeks of care for barbed-wire injuries, this Burrowing Owl healed well at Ojai Raptor Center. He/she moved to a flight aviary and was set to be released soon after. Want to donate to OJR? ojairaptorcenter.org/donate Source: fb.com/339616491049... #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉