20230425-Great Horned Owl-1

**Update** 

Thanks to all the volunteers that helped nurse this Great Norned owl back to health and allowed it to be released! 

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When the call came about an owl in a chicken yard, I recalled several previous rescues with similar descriptions.  This one was different!  The caller had the owl, a Great Horned, contained in a small pen under the chicken nest boxes.  The only way in was through a tunnel of wire mesh about 32" square and 4' long with a sharp turn at the end.  It's always exciting to be literally eye to eye with a raptor in a confined space.  Getting out while holding the very angry bird and crawling backward was an even bigger challenge!  The remainder of the trip to the ICU was uneventful since somehow, I was not bruised and bleeding! Rescuer Ross